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Optimal (reversible) processes in thermodynamics can be modelled as step-by-step processes, where the system is successively thermalized with respect to different Hamiltonians by an external thermal bath. However, in practice interactions…

For continuous-time Markov jump processes on irreducible networks with time-independent rate constants, we employ a transition-based formalism to express the long-time precision of a single integrated current over an observable channel in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-05-25 Alberto Garilli , Diego Frezzato

The exploration of far-from-equilibrium systems has been at the forefront of nonequilibrium thermodynamics, with a particular focus on understanding the fluctuations and response of thermodynamic systems to external perturbations. In this…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-02-13 Kangqiao Liu , Jie Gu

Semi-Markov processes generalize Markov processes by adding temporal memory effects as expressed by a semi-Markov kernel. We recall the path weight for a semi-Markov trajectory and the fact that thermodynamic consistency in equilibrium…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-04-15 Benjamin Ertel , Jann van der Meer , Udo Seifert

Quantum conductors attached to metallic reservoirs have been demonstrated to overcome the thermodynamic uncertainty relation (TUR), a trade-off relation between the amount of dissipation and the absence of charge and heat current…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-06 David Christian Ohnmacht , Juan Carlos Cuevas , Wolfgang Belzig , Rosa López , Jong Soo Lim , Kun Woo Kim

We derive a thermodynamic uncertainty relation for first passage processes in quantum Markov chains. We consider first passage processes that stop after a fixed number of jumps, which contrasts with typical quantum Markov chains which end…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-21 Yoshihiko Hasegawa

We present a method for determining optimal modes of operation for autonomously oscillating systems with uncertain parameters. In a typical application of the method, a nonlinear dynamical system is optimized with respect to an economic…

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We show that the dissipation rate bounds the rate at which physical processes can be performed in stochastic systems far from equilibrium. Namely, for rare processes we prove the fundamental tradeoff $\langle \dot S_\text{e} \rangle…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-09-23 Gianmaria Falasco , Massimiliano Esposito

We study the fluctuations of generic currents in multi-terminal, multi-channel quantum transport settings. In the quantum regime, these fluctuations and the resulting precision differ strongly depending on whether the device is of fermionic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-08 Didrik Palmqvist , Ludovico Tesser , Janine Splettstoesser

The uncertainty principle is a cornerstone of modern physics, and its implications have a fundamental impact on theoretical and applied quantum mechanics. The aim of this thesis is to study and apply the uncertainty relations between time…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-21 Francesco Campaioli

Thermodynamic uncertainty relations unveil useful connections between fluctuations in thermal systems and entropy production. This work extends these ideas to the disparate field of \textit{zero temperature} quantum mesoscopic physics where…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-01-05 Ariane Soret , Ohad Shpielberg , Eric Akkermans

Quantum measurement is a physical process. A system and an apparatus interact for a certain time period (measurement time), and during this interaction, information about an observable is transferred from the system to the apparatus. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-31 Takayuki Miyadera

Stochastic thermodynamics is a framework for describing non-equilibrium processes at the level of fluctuating trajectories, where the state of a system evolves as a stochastic time series, allowing thermodynamic quantities such as work,…

We consider a general discrete state-space system with both unidirectional and bidirectional links. In contrast to bidirectional links, there is no reverse transition along the unidirectional links. Herein, we first compute the statistical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-01-04 Deepak Gupta , Daniel M. Busiello

Kinetic proofreading mechanisms explain the extraordinary accuracy observed in central biological events in terms of the enhanced specificity of substrate selection networks under a nonequilibrium environment. The nonequilibrium steady…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2022-06-29 Premashis Kumar , Kinshuk Banerjee , Gautam Gangopadhyay

It is known that temperature estimates of macroscopic systems in equilibrium are most precise when their energy fluctuations are large. However, for nanoscale systems deviations from standard thermodynamics arise due to their interactions…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-06-14 Harry J. D. Miller , Janet Anders

The thermodynamic uncertainty relation quantifies a trade-off between the relative fluctuations of trajectory currents and the thermodynamic cost, indicating that the current precision is fundamentally constrained by entropy production. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-16 Ryotaro Honma , Tan Van Vu

Power and efficiency are fundamental criteria for evaluating the performance of thermodynamic cycles. However, it is generally impossible to maximize both simultaneously. In particular, achieving maximum efficiency inevitably leads to…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-01-28 R. X. Zhai , Xin Yue , C. P. Sun

Thermodynamic uncertainty relations (TURs) arise from the bounds on fluctuations of thermodynamics quantities during a non-equilibrium process and they impose constraints on the corresponding process. We experimentally implement a quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-30 Krishna Shende , Arvind , Kavita Dorai