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Finite size bath in qubit thermodynamics

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2016-05-04 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We discuss a qubit weakly coupled to a finite-size heat bath (calorimeter) from the point of view of quantum thermodynamics. The energy deposited to this environment together with the state of the qubit provides a basis to analyze the heat and work statistics of this closed combined system. We present results on two representative models, where the bath is composed of two-level systems or harmonic oscillators, respectively. Finally, we derive results for an open quantum system composed of the above qubit plus finite-size bath, but now the latter is coupled to a practically infinite bath of the same nature of oscillators or two-level systems.

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@article{arxiv.1602.00474,
  title  = {Finite size bath in qubit thermodynamics},
  author = {J. P. Pekola and S. Suomela and Y. M. Galperin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.00474},
  year   = {2016}
}

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8 pages

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