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Spectral representation of the heat current in a driven Josephson junction

Superconductivity 2017-04-25 v1

Abstract

We discuss thermal transport through a Josephson junction in a time-dependent situation. We write the spectral representation of the heat current pumped by a generic drive. This enables separation of the dissipative and reactive contributions, of which the latter do not contribute to long-time averages. We discuss the physical interpretation, and note that the condensate heat current identified in [K. Maki and A. Griffin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 15, 921 (1965)] is purely reactive. The results enable a convenient description of heat exchanges in a Josephson system in the presence of an external drive, with possible applications for the implementation of new cooling devices.

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@article{arxiv.1702.04900,
  title  = {Spectral representation of the heat current in a driven Josephson junction},
  author = {P. Virtanen and P. Solinas and F. Giazotto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.04900},
  year   = {2017}
}

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6 pages, 4 figures