Title:
How nanomechanical systems can minimize dissipation

Abstract:

The Kramers-Langevin equation serves as a realistic model for nanosystems. 
In the talk we discuss how the heat release in such a dynamics can be 
minimized. Typically this control problem leads to singularities at 
the boundary. 
We show how this singularities can be resolved by taking the entropy 
production of the environment into account.