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Most non-equilibrium processes in thermodynamics are quantified only by inequalities, however the Jarzynski relation presents a remarkably simple and general equality relating non-equilibrium quantities with the equilibrium free energy, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-04 T. P. Xiong , L. L. Yan , F. Zhou , K. Rehan , D. F. Liang , L. Chen , W. L. Yang , Z. H. Ma , M. Feng , V. Vedral

We propose a scheme to investigate the nonequilibrium work distribution of a quantum particle under well controlled transformations of the external potential, exploiting the versatility of a single ion in a segmented linear Paul trap. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Gerhard Huber , Ferdinand Schmidt-Kaler , Sebastian Deffner , Eric Lutz

The Jarzynski equality relates the free energy difference between two equilibrium states to the fluctuating irreversible work afforded to switch between them. The prescribed fixed temperature for the equilibrium states implicitly constrains…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-09-03 Tobias Thalheim , Marco Braun , Gianmaria Falasco , Klaus Kroy , Frank Cichos

The Jarzynski Equality relates the free energy difference between two equilibrium states of a system to the average of the work over all irreversible paths to go from one state to the other. We claim that the derivation of this equality is…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. G. D. Cohen , David Mauzerall

In this paper, we derive the Jarzynski equality (JE) for an isolated quantum system in three different cases: (i) the full evolution is unitary with no intermediate measurements, (ii) with intermediate measurements of arbitrary observables…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-03 Shubhashis Rana , Sourabh Lahiri , A. M. Jayannavar

Most natural and engineered processes, such as biomolecular reactions, protein folding, and population dynamics, occur far from equilibrium and, therefore, cannot be treated within the framework of classical equilibrium thermodynamics. The…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-01-07 Aykut Argun , Ali-Reza Moradi , Erçağ Pince , Gokhan Baris Bagci , Giovanni Volpe

The Jarzynski equality, which relates equilibrium free-energy difference to an average of non-equilibrium work, plays a central role in modern non-equilibrium statistical thermodynamics. In this paper, we study a weaker consequence of this…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-01-06 Dani R. Castellanos , Petr Jizba

The quantum Jarzynski equality and the Crooks relation are fundamental laws connecting equilibrium processes with nonequilibrium fluctuations. They are promising tools to benchmark quantum devices and measure free energy differences. While…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-11-07 Dominik Hahn , Maxime Dupont , Markus Schmitt , David J. Luitz , Marin Bukov

Since the first suggestion of the Jarzynski equality many derivations of this equality have been presented in both, the classical and the quantum context. While the approaches and settings greatly differ from one to another, they all appear…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-07-20 F. Jin , R. Steinigeweg , H. De Raedt , K. Michielsen , M. Campisi , J. Gemmer

Almost 25 years ago, Jarzynski published a paper in which it was asserted: the work done, W, in driving a system from state A to state B, characterized by the Helmholtz free energies FA and FB, satisfies an equality in which an average over…

General Physics · Physics 2022-06-07 Ronald F. Fox

The classical Jarzynski equality establishes an exact relation between the stochastic work performed on a system driven out of thermal equilibrium and the free energy difference in a corresponding quasi-static process. This fluctuation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-21 Konstantin Beyer , Walter T. Strunz

In this short communication, I give a very simple derivation of the Jarzynski equality, which allows to compute the free energy difference of a body, which is driven between two equilibrium states $A$ and $B$ by an external (time-dependent)…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-08-16 Frédéric Douarche

We have experimentally checked the Jarzynski equality and the Crooks relation on the thermal fluctuations of a macroscopic mechanical oscillator in contact with a heat reservoir. We found that, independently of the time scale and amplitude…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 F. Douarche , S. Ciliberto , A. Petrosyan , I. Rabbiosi

Almost 25 years ago, Jarzynski published a paper in which it was asserted: the work done, W, in driving a system from state A to state B, characterized by the Helmholtz free energies FA and FB, satisfies an equality in which an average over…

General Physics · Physics 2021-08-25 Ronald F. Fox

A quantum analogue of the Jarzynski equality is constructed. This equality connects an ensemble average of exponentiated work with the Helmholtz free-energy difference in a nonequilibrium switching process subject to a thermal heat bath. To…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Satoshi Yukawa

Jarzynski equality [Phys. Rev. E {\bf 56}, 5018 (1997)] is found to be valid with slight modefication for the transitions between nonequilibrium stationary states, as well as the one between equilibrium states. Also numerical results…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Takahiro Hatano

The nonequilibrium work relation, or Jarzynski equality, establishes a statistical relationship between a series of nonequilibrium experiments on a system subjected to thermal fluctuations and a hypothetical experiment at thermodynamic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-11-19 Jean-Luc Garden

The well-known Jarzynski equality, often written in the form $e^{-\beta\Delta F}=\langle e^{-\beta W}\rangle$, provides a non-equilibrium means to measure the free energy difference $\Delta F$ of a system at the same inverse temperature…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-08-22 Jiawen Deng , Juan D. Jaramillo , Peter Hanggi , Jiangbin Gong

Here we respond to a comment [arXiv:1802.01382] submitted recently on 'Experimental Verification of a Jarzynski-Related Information-Theoretic Equality by a Single Trapped Ion' PRL 120 010601 (2018). We consider that the argument is the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-07 T. P. Xiong , L. L. Yan , F. Zhou , K. Rehan , D. F. Liang , L. Chen , W. L. Yang , Z. H. Ma , M. Feng , V. Vedral

Work is a process-based quantity, and its measurement typically requires interaction with a measuring device multiple times. While classical systems allow for non-invasive and accurate measurements, quantum systems present unique challenges…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-17 Giulia Rubino , Karen V. Hovhannisyan , Paul Skrzypczyk
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