Exchange Fluctuation Theorem for correlated quantum systems
Quantum Physics
2015-10-14 v2
Abstract
We extend the Exchange Fluctuation Theorem for energy exchange between thermal quantum systems beyond the assumption of molecular chaos, and describe the non-equilibrium exchange dynamics of correlated quantum states. The relation quantifies how the tendency for systems to equilibrate is modified in high-correlation environments. Our results elucidate the role of measurement disturbance for such scenarios. We show a simple application by finding a semi-classical maximum work theorem in the presence of correlations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1204.3571,
title = {Exchange Fluctuation Theorem for correlated quantum systems},
author = {Sania Jevtic and David Jennings and Terry Rudolph and Yuji Hirono and Shojun Nakayama and Mio Murao},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.3571},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Lots of new material added, a figure, and a new author, 13 pages, 1 figure, comments welcome