Quantum Fluctuation Theorems for Arbitrary Environments: Adiabatic and Nonadiabatic Entropy Production
We analyze the production of entropy along nonequilibrium processes in quantum systems coupled to generic environments. First, we show that the entropy production due to final measurements and the loss of correlations obeys a fluctuation theorem in detailed and integral forms. Second, we discuss the...
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| author | Gonzalo Manzano Jordan M. Horowitz Juan M. R. Parrondo |
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| description | We analyze the production of entropy along nonequilibrium processes in quantum systems coupled to generic environments. First, we show that the entropy production due to final measurements and the loss of correlations obeys a fluctuation theorem in detailed and integral forms. Second, we discuss the decomposition of the entropy production into two positive contributions, adiabatic and nonadiabatic, based on the existence of invariant states of the local dynamics. Fluctuation theorems for both contributions hold only for evolutions verifying a specific condition of quantum origin. We illustrate our results with three relevant examples of quantum thermodynamic processes far from equilibrium. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-44cdf78ff0294959a6751ad23f54e5e82022-12-21T20:37:08ZengAmerican Physical SocietyPhysical Review X2160-33082018-08-018303103710.1103/PhysRevX.8.031037Quantum Fluctuation Theorems for Arbitrary Environments: Adiabatic and Nonadiabatic Entropy ProductionGonzalo ManzanoJordan M. HorowitzJuan M. R. ParrondoWe analyze the production of entropy along nonequilibrium processes in quantum systems coupled to generic environments. First, we show that the entropy production due to final measurements and the loss of correlations obeys a fluctuation theorem in detailed and integral forms. Second, we discuss the decomposition of the entropy production into two positive contributions, adiabatic and nonadiabatic, based on the existence of invariant states of the local dynamics. Fluctuation theorems for both contributions hold only for evolutions verifying a specific condition of quantum origin. We illustrate our results with three relevant examples of quantum thermodynamic processes far from equilibrium.http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.8.031037 |
| spellingShingle | Gonzalo Manzano Jordan M. Horowitz Juan M. R. Parrondo Quantum Fluctuation Theorems for Arbitrary Environments: Adiabatic and Nonadiabatic Entropy Production Physical Review X |
| title | Quantum Fluctuation Theorems for Arbitrary Environments: Adiabatic and Nonadiabatic Entropy Production |
| title_full | Quantum Fluctuation Theorems for Arbitrary Environments: Adiabatic and Nonadiabatic Entropy Production |
| title_fullStr | Quantum Fluctuation Theorems for Arbitrary Environments: Adiabatic and Nonadiabatic Entropy Production |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quantum Fluctuation Theorems for Arbitrary Environments: Adiabatic and Nonadiabatic Entropy Production |
| title_short | Quantum Fluctuation Theorems for Arbitrary Environments: Adiabatic and Nonadiabatic Entropy Production |
| title_sort | quantum fluctuation theorems for arbitrary environments adiabatic and nonadiabatic entropy production |
| url | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.8.031037 |
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