Entropy production in quantum Brownian motion

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/2013/04/P04005zbMATH Open1456.82808arXiv1210.4111WikidataQ59457501 ScholiaQ59457501MaRDI QIDQ3301570FDOQ3301570

Authors: Lorenzo Pucci, Massimiliano Esposito, Luca Peliti 

Publication date: 11 August 2020

Published in: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We investigate how to coherently define entropy production for a process of transient relaxation in the Quantum Brownian Motion model for harmonic potential. We compare a form, called "Poised" (P), which after non-Markovian transients corresponds to a definition of heat as the change in the system Hamiltonian of mean force, with a recent proposal by Esposito (ELB) based on a definition of heat as the energy change in the bath. Both expressions yield a positive-defined entropy production and coincide for vanishing coupling strength, but their difference is proved to be always positive (after non-Markovian transients disappear) and to grow as the coupling strength increases. In the classical over-damped limit the "Poised" entropy production converges to the entropy production used in stochastic thermodynamics. We also investigate the effects of the system size, and of the ensuing Poincar'e recurrences, and how the classical limit is approached. We close by discussing the strong-coupling limit, in which the ideal canonical equilibrium of the bath is violated.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.4111

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35) Nuclear reactor theory; neutron transport (82D75)

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