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We introduce an energy-resolved variant of quantum thermodynamics for open systems strongly coupled to their baths. The approach generalizes the Landauer-Buttiker inside-outside duality method [Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 107701 (2018)] to…

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We propose and investigate an exactly solvable model of non-equilibrium Luttinger liquid on a star graph, modeling a multi-terminal quantum wire junction. The boundary condition at the junction is fixed by an orthogonal matrix S, which…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-02-22 Mihail Mintchev , Paul Sorba

We solve analytically the Kadanoff-Baym equations for a noninteracting junction connected to an arbitrary number of noninteracting wide-band terminals. The initial equilibrium state is properly described by the addition of an imaginary…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-03-28 Riku Tuovinen , Robert van Leeuwen , Enrico Perfetto , Gianluca Stefanucci

We consider an ideal Fermi gas confined to a geometric structure consisting of a central region -- the sample -- connected to several infinitely extended ends -- the reservoirs. Under physically reasonable assumptions on the propagation…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-02-07 R. Ben Sâad , C. -A. Pillet

The Landauer-Buettiker theory of mesoscopic conductors was recently extended to nanoelectromechanical systems. In this extension, the adiabatic reaction forces exerted by the electronic degrees of freedom on the mechanical modes were…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-11-21 Mark Thomas , Torsten Karzig , Silvia Viola Kusminskiy , Gergely Zarand , Felix von Oppen

Consider (for simplicity) two one-dimensional semi-infinite leads coupled to a quantum well via time dependent point interactions. In the remote past the system is decoupled, and each of its components is at thermal equilibrium. In the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-09-24 Horia D. Cornean , Hagen Neidhardt , Valentin A. Zagrebnov

Generalized Hydrodynamics is a recent theory that describes large scale transport properties of one dimensional integrable models. It is built on the (typically infinitely many) local conservation laws present in these systems, and leads to…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-03-11 Márton Borsi , Balázs Pozsgay , Levente Pristyák

An universal exact description of kinetics of open quantum systems in terms of random wave functions and stochastic Schr\"{o}dinger equation is suggested. It is shown that evolution of random quantum states of an open system is unitary on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-03-13 Yuriy E. Kuzovlev

We formulate a dynamical fluctuation theory for stationary non equilibrium states (SNS) which is tested explicitly in stochastic models of interacting particles. In our theory a crucial role is played by the time reversed dynamics. Within…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-12-18 L. Bertini , A. De Sole , D. Gabrielli , G. Jona-Lasinio , C. Landim

A generalization of the Gibbs-von Neumann relative entropy is proposed based on the quantum BBGKY [Bogolyubov-Born-Green-Kirkwood-Yvon] hierarchy as the nonequilibrium entropy for an N-body system. By using a generalization of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Perez-Madrid

A self-consistent linear-response theory for a two-lead mesoscopic structure in Landauer's viewpoint for transport is developed. A density operator relevant in this viewpoint, in a uniform magnetic field is derived. It is shown that this…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-10-30 A. Abdellaoui , F. Benamira

The steady-state electronic transport across periodically driven systems can be efficiently addressed using Landauer-B\"{u}ttiker formalism. The time-dependent nonequilibrium Green's function theory then may be adapted for developing direct…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-17 Oleksandr Balabanov

The Nernst-Planck-Navier-Stokes system models electrodiffusion of ions in a fluid. We prove global existence of solutions in bounded domains in three dimensions with either blocking (no-flux) or uniform selective (special Dirichlet)…

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Effective theory arguments are used to derive the most general energy-momentum tensor of a relativistic viscous fluid with an arbitrary equation of state (in the absence of other conserved currents) that is first-order in the derivatives of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-02-22 Fábio S. Bemfica , Marcelo M. Disconzi , Jorge Noronha

We review the conceptual structure of the Landauer theory of electron transport in the light of quantum kinetics, the orthodox framework for describing conductance at all scales. In a straightforward analysis, we assess popular claims for a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Mukunda P. Das , Frederick Green

Among various possible routes to extend entropy and thermodynamics to nonequilibrium steady states (NESS), we take the one which is guided by operational thermodynamics and the Clausius relation. In our previous study, we derived the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-02-13 Teruhisa S. Komatsu , Naoko Nakagawa , Shin-ichi Sasa , Hal Tasaki

Using non-equilibrium Green's functions (NEGF), we calculate the current through an interacting region connected to non-interacting leads. The problem is reformulated in such a way that a Landauer-like term appears in the current as well as…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 H. Ness , L. K. Dash , R. W. Godby

We consider Lindblad dynamics of quantum spin systems on infinite lattices and define a nonequilibrium steady state (NESS) and a time-averaged nonequilibrium steady state (TANESS) on the basis of $C^*$-algebraic formalism. Generically, the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-08-12 Kenji Shimomura , Nagisa Hara , Seiichiro Kusuoka

We consider the theoretical model of Bergmann and Lebowitz for open systems out of equilibrium and translate its principles in the adaptive resolution molecular dynamics technique (AdResS). We simulate Lennard-Jones fluids with open…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-09-14 Roya Ebrahimi Viand , Felix Höfling , Rupert Klein , Luigi Delle Site

Motivated by the central phenomenon of energy cascades in wave turbulence theory, we construct non-equilibrium statistical steady states (NESS), or invariant measures, for a simplified model derived from the nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS)…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-05-23 Zaher Hani , Yao Li , Andrea Nahmod , Gigliola Staffilani