Entropy production along nonequilibrium quantum jump trajectories

For classical nonequilibrium systems, the separation of the total entropy production into the adiabatic and nonadiabatic contributions is useful for understanding irreversibility in nonequilibrium thermodynamics. In this paper, we formulate quantum analogues for driven open quantum systems describab...

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Main Authors: Jordan M Horowitz, Juan M R Parrondo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/8/085028
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description For classical nonequilibrium systems, the separation of the total entropy production into the adiabatic and nonadiabatic contributions is useful for understanding irreversibility in nonequilibrium thermodynamics. In this paper, we formulate quantum analogues for driven open quantum systems describable by quantum jump trajectories by applying a quantum stochastic thermodynamics. Our main conclusions are based on a quantum formulation of the local detailed balance condition.
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spelling doaj.art-619764d360b8416e815f09b7d84ec0272023-08-08T11:28:44ZengIOP PublishingNew Journal of Physics1367-26302013-01-0115808502810.1088/1367-2630/15/8/085028Entropy production along nonequilibrium quantum jump trajectoriesJordan M Horowitz0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9139-0811Juan M R Parrondo1Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts at Boston , Boston, MA 02125, USADepartamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear and GISC, Universidad Complutense de Madrid , E-28040 Madrid, SpainFor classical nonequilibrium systems, the separation of the total entropy production into the adiabatic and nonadiabatic contributions is useful for understanding irreversibility in nonequilibrium thermodynamics. In this paper, we formulate quantum analogues for driven open quantum systems describable by quantum jump trajectories by applying a quantum stochastic thermodynamics. Our main conclusions are based on a quantum formulation of the local detailed balance condition.https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/8/085028
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