Near-field radiative heat transfer (NFRHT) governed by evanescent waves, provides a platform to thoroughly understand the transport behavior of nonradiative photons, and also has great potential in high-efficiency energy harvesting and thermal management at the nanoscale. It is more usual in nature that objects participate in heat transfer process in many-body form rather than the frequently-considered two-body scenarios, and the inborn mutual interactions among objects are important to be understood and utilized for practical applications. The last decade has witnessed considerable achievements on many-body NFRHT, ranging from the establishment of different calculation methods to various unprecedented heat transport phenomena that are distinct from two-body systems. In this invited review, we introduce concisely the basic physics of NFRHT, lay out various theoretical methods to deal with many-body NFRHT, and highlight unique functionalities realized in many-body systems and the resulting applications. At last, the key challenges and opportunities of many-body NFRHT in terms of fundamental physics, experimental validations, and potential applications are outlined and discussed.

由倏逝波控制的近场辐射传热（NFRHT）为深入了解非辐射光子的传输行为提供了一个平台，并且在纳米尺度的高效能量收集和热管理方面也具有巨大潜力。在自然界中，物体以多体形式参与传热过程更为常见，而不是经常考虑的两体场景，物体之间天生的相互作用对于实际应用具有重要意义。在过去的十年中，多体 NFRHT 取得了相当大的成就，从建立不同的计算方法到各种前所未有的不同于二体系统的热传输现象。在这篇特邀评论中，我们简明扼要地介绍了 NFRHT 的基本物理学，阐述了处理多体 NFRHT 的各种理论方法，并强调了在多体系统中实现的独特功能及其应用。最后，概述和讨论了多体 NFRHT 在基础物理、实验验证和潜在应用方面的主要挑战和机遇。