Nonequilibrium potential and fluctuation theorems for quantum maps

We derive a general fluctuation theorem for quantum maps. The theorem applies to a broad class of quantum dynamics, such as unitary evolution, decoherence, thermalization, and other types of evolution for quantum open systems. The theorem reproduces well-known fluctuation theorems in a single and si...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Manzano Paule, Gonzalo, Horowitz, Jordan, Rodríguez Parrondo, Juan Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/24232
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/24232
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:539.1
Entropy production
Heat
Semigroups
Systems
Física nuclear
2207 Física Atómica y Nuclear
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Sumario:We derive a general fluctuation theorem for quantum maps. The theorem applies to a broad class of quantum dynamics, such as unitary evolution, decoherence, thermalization, and other types of evolution for quantum open systems. The theorem reproduces well-known fluctuation theorems in a single and simplified framework and extends the Hatano-Sasa theorem to quantum nonequilibrium processes. Moreover, it helps to elucidate the physical nature of the environment that induces a given dynamics in an open quantum system.