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Unifying relation for quantum systems driven out of equilibrium

Statistical Mechanics 2012-02-07 v5 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics High Energy Physics - Lattice High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We extend a classical relation by Crooks to quantum systems and show that it unifies the Crooks transient fluctuation theorem and the Kawasaki non-linear response relation, which leads to the standard linear response theory. We also show that the Green-Kubo formula for a system in a steady state driven by a time-independent driving force is always expressed in terms of the symmetrized correlation function for a quantity induced by the driving force and that a generalized entropy for systems in steady heat conduction states satisfies extensions of the Clausius and the Gibbs relations exactly.

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@article{arxiv.1104.5190,
  title  = {Unifying relation for quantum systems driven out of equilibrium},
  author = {Hiroshi Matsuoka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.5190},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

31 pages. Sec.III, Sec.IV, and Sec.IX have been substantially revised. The results remain mainly intact

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