Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Quantum Friction
Quantum Physics
2020-11-30 v2
Abstract
Thermodynamic principles are often deceptively simple and yet surprisingly powerful. We show how a simple rule, such as the net flow of energy in and out of a moving atom under nonequilibrium steady state condition, can expose the shortcomings of many popular theories of quantum friction. Our thermodynamic approach provides a conceptual framework in guiding atom-optical experiments, thereby highlighting the importance of fluctuation-dissipation relations and long-time correlations between subsystems. Our results introduce consistency conditions for (numerical) models of nonequilibrium dynamics of open quantum systems.
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@article{arxiv.2007.04857,
title = {Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Quantum Friction},
author = {Daniel Reiche and Francesco Intravaia and Jen-Tsung Hsiang and Kurt Busch and Bei-Lok Hu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.04857},
year = {2020}
}
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10 pages, 1 figure