Colloquium: Sadi Carnot's Legacy 2024
École Polytechnique, 16-18 September 2024, France
https://carnot-legacy.sciencesconf.org/
Presentation
When Sadi Carnot published his "Reflections on the motive power of fire" in 1824, there was no sign that one of the greatest scientific revolutions was about to take place, in a world then dominated by mechanics and optics. Yet, by bringing a conceptual analysis to the practical problem of the steam engine, Sadi Carnot wrote the birth certificate of thermodynamics, and, in particular, its second principle.
Today, thermodynamics has branched out into a multitude of fields and applications, from industrial processes to microscopic systems, and continues to renew our view of science.
Since its origins, thermodynamics has raised as many questions as it has answered.
To celebrate the bicentenary of the "Réflexions", the colloquium Sadi Carnot's Legacy - "Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the 2nd law of thermodynamics" was organized from September 16 to 18, 2024.
This colloquium aimed to bring together members of the thermodynamics community and to invite them to take a critical look at modern thermodynamics and the open questions it raises. The colloquium has been structured around pedagogical presentations introducing the various fields of the discipline. Poster sessions allowed participants to share their work.
⇒ Please, find the program here.
Sponsors
The Colloquium Sadi Carnot's Legacy was supported by École polytechnique, Fondation de l'École polytechnique, Centre interdisciplinaire Energy For Climate (E4C), Société Française de Physique, Société Française de Thermique, Société Française de Génie des Procédés (SFGP), Femto ST, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain, and Académie des sciences.
Videos & slides
The colloquium was filmed: the videos will be uploaded below. You can also find the presentations projected by the speakers during their conferences.
Monday September 16, 2024
› AM
Welcome address by Laura Chaubard, Présidente et Directrice Générale de l'École polytechnique & Bérengère Dubrulle, Académie des Sciences
Physics : The many faces of entropy (Introduction) by Christophe Goupil (Université Paris Cité, LIED, France)
Quantum thermodynamics & coherences (Small scale thermodynamics) by Janet Anders (University of Exeter, UK)
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From classical thermodynamics to quantum energetics (Small scale thermodynamics) by Alexia Auffèves (MajuLab, Singapore)
Thermodynamics of demons (Small scale thermodynamics) by Felix Ritort (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
Thermodynamics of complex systems (Large scale thermodynamics) by Rémi Monasson (LPT, ENS, Ecole polytechnique, France)
Tuesday September 17, 2024
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History : "Reflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu", Sadi Carnot, 1824 (Introduction) by Raffaele Pisano (HOPAST at IEMN, Department of Physics)
Climate thermodynamics (Large scale thermodynamics) by Didier Paillard (CEA, LSCE, France)
Black hole thermodynamics (Large scale thermodynamics) by Éric Gourgoulhon (Observatoire de Paris, LUTH, France)
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Thermodynamics & living systems (Large scale thermodynamics) by Pablo Sartori (Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal)
Heat machines thermodynamics (Applied thermodynamics) by Michel Feidt (Université de Lorraine, LEMTA, France)
Engineering Thermodynamics: Fundamentals and Challenges (Applied thermodynamics) by Milivoje Kostic (Northern Illinois University, US)
Wednesday September 18, 2024
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Thermodynamics applied to Gas-Solid Materials Fabrication processes (Applied thermodynamics) by Elisabeth Blanquet (TOP - SIMAP, Grenoble, France)
Solar radiation thermodynamics (Applied thermodynamics) by Tom Markvart (University of Southampton)
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Out of equilibrium thermodynamics (Thermodynamics paradigms) by Pierre Gaspard (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
Axiomatic & pragmatic approaches to thermodynamics (Thermodynamics paradigms) by Erik Aurell (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)
Stochastics thermodynamics (Thermodynamics paradigms) by Christopher Jarzynski (University of Maryland, US)