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Steady state fluctuations of the dissipated heat for a quantum stochastic model

Statistical Mechanics 2007-05-23 v4 Other Condensed Matter

Abstract

We introduce a quantum stochastic dynamics for heat conduction. A multi-level subsystem is coupled to reservoirs at different temperatures. Energy quanta are detected in the reservoirs allowing the study of steady state fluctuations of the entropy dissipation. Our main result states a symmetry in its large deviation rate function.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0406004,
  title  = {Steady state fluctuations of the dissipated heat for a quantum stochastic model},
  author = {Wojciech De Roeck and Christian Maes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0406004},
  year   = {2007}
}

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41 pages, minor changes, published version