Local quantum thermometry using Unruh–DeWitt detectors

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/AA60CDMaRDI QIDQ3302979zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sandra Robles, J. Rodriguez-Laguna

Publication date 11 August 2020

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.01154

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other fundamental interactions in quantum theory (81V19)

Abstract: We propose an operational definition for the local temperature of a quantum field employing Unruh-DeWitt detectors, as used in the study of the Unruh and Hawking effects. With this definition, an inhomogeneous quantum system in equilibrium can have different local temperatures, in analogy with the Tolman-Ehrenfest theorem from general relativity. We study the local temperature distribution on the ground state of hopping fermionic systems on a curved background. The observed temperature tends to zero as the thermometer-system coupling $g$ vanishes. Yet, for small but finite values of $g$, we show that the product of the observed local temperature and the logarithm of the local speed of light is approximately constant. Our predictions should be testable on ultracold atomic systems.

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