Quantum-Classical Correspondence Principle for Work Distributions in a Chaotic System
Statistical Mechanics
2016-07-06 v2 Quantum Physics
Abstract
We numerically study the work distributions in a chaotic system and examine the relationship between quantum work and classical work. Our numerical results suggest that there exists a correspondence principle between quantum and classical work distributions in a chaotic system. This correspondence was proved for one-dimensional (1D) integrable systems in a recent work [Jarzynski, Quan, and Rahav, Phys. Rev. X 5, 031038 (2015)]. Our investigation further justifies the definition of quantum work via two point energy measurements.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1601.05262,
title = {Quantum-Classical Correspondence Principle for Work Distributions in a Chaotic System},
author = {Long Zhu and Zongping Gong and Biao Wu and H. T. Quan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.05262},
year = {2016}
}