Correlated nonequilibrium steady states without energy flux
Strongly Correlated Electrons
2020-06-02 v2 Quantum Gases
Atomic Physics
Abstract
Floquet engineering of closed quantum systems can lead to the formation of long-lived prethermal states that, in general, eventually thermalize to infinite temperature. Coupling these driven systems to dissipative baths can stabilize such states, establishing a true nonequilibrium steady state. We demonstrate that in a certain strongly interacting lattice model coupled to a bath and driven by an electric field, such steady states can have the remarkable property that the cycle-averaged rate of energy transfer between the lattice and the baths vanishes. Despite this, we show that these states retain a clear nonequilibrium nature.
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@article{arxiv.1910.02391,
title = {Correlated nonequilibrium steady states without energy flux},
author = {Hristiana Atanasova and Alexander I. Lichtenstein and Guy Cohen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.02391},
year = {2020}
}