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The thermodynamic implications for the out-of-equilibrium dynamics of quantum systems are to date largely unexplored, especially for quantum many-body systems. In this paper we investigate the paradigmatic case of an array of…

We review the general aspects of the concept of temperature in equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. Although temperature is an old and well-established notion, it still presents controversial facets. After a short…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-11-13 A. Puglisi , A. Sarracino , A. Vulpiani

In this work, we investigate the heat exchange between two quantum systems whose initial equilibrium states are described by the generalized Gibbs ensemble. First, we generalize the fluctuation relations for heat exchange discovered by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-13 Bo-Bo Wei

We derive a general scheme to obtain quantum fluctuation relations for dynamical observables in open quantum systems. For concreteness we consider Markovian non-unitary dynamics that is unraveled in terms of quantum jump trajectories, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-14 Stefano Marcantoni , Carlos Pérez-Espigares , Juan P. Garrahan

We investigate the full counting statistics of charge transport in $U(1)$-symmetric random unitary circuits. We consider an initial mixed state prepared with a chemical potential imbalance between the left and right halves of the system,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-04 Ewan McCulloch , Jacopo De Nardis , Sarang Gopalakrishnan , Romain Vasseur

In this review paper, we discuss the statistical description in non-equilibrium regimes of energy fluctuations originated by the interaction between a quantum system and a measurement apparatus applying a sequence of repeated quantum…

Quantum integrable models display a rich variety of non-thermal excited states with unusual properties. The most common way to probe them is by performing a quantum quench, i.e., by letting a many-body initial state unitarily evolve with an…

We use dynamic equations to derive a relation between correlation functions and response or relaxation functions in many-body systems. The relation is very general and holds both in equilibrium, when the usual fluctuation-dissipation…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-07-09 T. R. Kirkpatrick , D. Belitz

The many-body physics at quantum phase transitions shows a subtle interplay between quantum and thermal fluctuations, emerging in the low-temperature limit. In this review, we first give a pedagogical introduction to the equilibrium…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-04-22 Davide Rossini , Ettore Vicari

As a fundamental measure of stability in nonequilibrium thermodynamics, fluctuations provide critical insight into the performance and reliability of heat engines. In this work, we establish universal fluctuation-dissipation bounds that…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-01-13 Ousi Pan , Zhiqiang Fan , Shunjie Zhang , Jie Li , Jincan Chen , Shanhe Su

A large number of multifaceted quantum transport processes in molecular systems and physical nanosystems can be treated in terms of quantum relaxation processes which couple to one or several fluctuating environments. A thermal equilibrium…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Igor Goychuk , Peter Hanggi

Inspired by the idea that quantum computers can be useful in advancing basic science, we use a quantum processor to experimentally validate a number of theoretical results in non-equilibrium quantum thermodynamics, that were not (or were…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-01 Andrea Solfanelli , Alessandro Santini , Michele Campisi

We combine theoretical and experimental efforts to propose a method for studying energy fluctuations, in particular, to obtain the related bi-stochastic matrix of transition probabilities by means of simple measurements at the end of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-21 Marcela Herrera , John P. S. Peterson , Roberto M. Serra , Irene D'Amico

The uncertainty principle guarantees a non-zero value for the positional uncertainty, $\left\langle \Delta x^2\right\rangle > 0$, even without thermal fluctuations. This implies that quantum fluctuations inherently enhance positional…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-09-08 Harukuni Ikeda

Dynamic correlation and response functions of classical and quantum systems in thermal equilibrium are connected by fluctuation-dissipation theorems, which allow an alternative definition of their (unique) temperature. Motivated by this…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-30 Laura Foini , Leticia F. Cugliandolo , Andrea Gambassi

Molecular dynamics simulations of a quasi-harmonic solid are conducted to elucidate the meaning of temperature fluctuations in canonical systems and validate a well-known but frequently contested equation predicting the mean square of such…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-12-01 J. Hickman , Y. Mishin

Thermodynamic uncertainty relations (TURs) are a set of inequalities expressing a fundamental trade-off between precision and dissipation in non-equilibrium classical and quantum thermodynamic processes. TURs show that achieving low…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-07 Mario Motta , Antonio Mezzacapo , Giacomo Guarnieri

Thermodynamic uncertainty relations (TURs) represent one of the few broad-based and fundamental relations in our toolbox for tackling the thermodynamics of nonequilibrium systems. One form of TUR quantifies the minimal energetic cost of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-07-26 Daniel Reiche , Jen-Tsung Hsiang , Bei-Lok Hu

In classical Markov jump processes, current fluctuations can only be reduced at the cost of increased dissipation. To explore how quantum effects influence this trade-off, we analyze the uncertainty of steady-state currents in Markovian…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-07-09 Paul Menczel , Eetu Loisa , Kay Brandner , Christian Flindt

We study the dynamics of charge fluctuations after homogeneous quantum quenches in one-dimensional systems with ballistic transport. For short but macroscopic times where the non-trivial dynamics is largely dominated by long-range…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-07-09 David X. Horvath , Benjamin Doyon , Paola Ruggiero