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The fluctuation-dissipation theorem is a fundamental result in statistical physics that establishes a connection between the response of a system subject to a perturbation and the fluctuations associated with observables in equilibrium.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-03 Tanmoy Biswas , A. de Oliveira Junior , Michał Horodecki , Kamil Korzekwa

We establish the fluctuation theorem in the presence of information exchange between a nonequilibrium system and other degrees of freedom such as an observer and a feedback controller, where the amount of information exchange is added to…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-05 Takahiro Sagawa , Masahito Ueda

Fluctuation theorems establish exact relations for nonequilibrium dynamics, profoundly advancing the field of stochastic thermodynamics. In this work, we extend quantum fluctuation theorems beyond the traditional thermodynamic framework to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-24 Kun Zhang , Mo-Yang Ni , Hai-Long Shi , Xiao-Hui Wang , Jin Wang

The principle of covariance, a cornerstone of modern physics, asserts the equivalence of all inertial frames of reference. Fluctuation theorems, as extensions of the second law of thermodynamics, establish universal connections between…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-06-18 Ji-Hui Pei , Jin-Fu Chen , H. T. Quan

To reveal how nonequilibrium physics and relativity theory intertwine, this articles studies relativistic Brownian motion under cosmic expansion. Two fluctuation theorems for the entropy ds, which is locally produced in this extreme…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Axel Fingerle

We establish the general framework of quantum fluctuation theorems by finding the symmetry between the forward and backward transitions of any given quantum channel. The Petz recovery map is adopted as the reverse quantum channel, and the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-08-23 Hyukjoon Kwon , M. S. Kim

We derive a general fluctuation theorem for quantum maps. The theorem applies to a broad class of quantum dynamics, such as unitary evolution, decoherence, thermalization, and other types of evolution for quantum open systems. The theorem…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-10-01 Gonzalo Manzano , Jordan M. Horowitz , Juan M. R. Parrondo

Nonequilibrium systems exchange the energy with an environment in the form of work and heat. The work done on a system obeys the fluctuation theorem, while the dissipated heat which differs from the work by the internal energy change does…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-02-04 Jae Dong Noh

We derive the fluctuation theorem for quantum-state statistics that can be obtained when we initially measure the total energy of a quantum system at thermal equilibrium, let the system evolve unitarily, and record the quantum-state data…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-08-01 Naoto Tsuji , Masahito Ueda

Heat fluctuations are studied in a dissipative system with both mechanical and stochastic components for a simple model: a Brownian particle dragged through water by a moving potential. An extended stationary state fluctuation theorem is…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. van Zon , E. G. D. Cohen

A Fluctuation Theorem (FT), both Classical and Quantum, describes the large-deviations in the approach to equilibrium of an isolated quasi-integrable system. Two characteristics make it unusual: (i) it concerns the internal dynamics of an…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-11-14 Tomer Goldfriend , Jorge Kurchan

A quantum fluctuation theorem for a driven quantum subsystem interacting with its environment is derived based solely on the assumption that its reduced density matrix obeys a closed evolution equation i.e. a quantum master equation (QME).…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-03-01 Massimiliano Esposito , Shaul Mukamel

Recently (arXiv:0910.2870), we have derived a fluctuation theorem for systems in thermodynamic equilibrium compatible with anomalous response functions, e.g. the existence of states with \textit{negative heat capacities} $C<0$. In this…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-07-31 L. Velazquez , S. Curilef

We study the Fluctuation Theorem (FT) for entropy production in chaotic discrete-time dynamical systems on compact metric spaces, and extend it to empirical measures, all continuous potentials, and all weak Gibbs states. In particular, we…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-02-13 Noé Cuneo , Vojkan Jakšić , Claude-Alain Pillet , Armen Shirikyan

Materials that are constantly driven out of thermodynamic equilibrium, such as active and living systems, typically violate the Einstein relation. This may arise from active contributions to particle fluctuations which are unrelated to the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-01-07 Benjamin Sorkin , Haim Diamant , Gil Ariel , Tomer Markovich

Generalizing a recent work [T. Taniguchi and E. G. D. Cohen, J. Stat. Phys. 126, 1 (2006)] that was based on the Onsager-Machlup theory, a nonlinear relaxation process is considered for a macroscopic thermodynamic quantity. It is found that…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 Yuki Sughiyama , Sumiyoshi Abe

Despite the importance of the Second Law of Thermodynamics, it is not absolute. Statistical mechanics implies that, given sufficient time, systems near equilibrium will spontaneously fluctuate into lower-entropy states, locally reversing…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-30 Anthony Aguirre , Sean M. Carroll , Matthew C. Johnson

The fluctuation theorem characterizes the distribution of the dissipation in nonequilibrium systems and proves that the average dissipation will be positive. For a large system with no external source of fluctuation, fluctuations in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-12-18 Guillaume Michel , Debra J. Searles

We consider heat fluctuations and fluctuation theorems for systems driven by multiple reservoirs. We establish a fundamental symmetry obeyed by the joint probability distribution for the heat transfers and system coordinates. The symmetry…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-10-03 Hans C. Fogedby , Alberto Imparato

The probability distribution of the entropy production for the effusion of an ideal gas between two compartments is calculated explicitly. The fluctuation theorem is verified. The analytic results are in good agreement with numerical data…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. Cleuren , C. Van den Broeck , R. Kawai