On the role of initial coherence in the spin phase-space entropy production rate

DOI10.1088/1367-2630/ACB45BMaRDI QIDQ6042400zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Barış Çakmak, Özgür Müstecaplioğlu, Mauro Paternostro

Publication date 10 May 2023

Published in New Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.05627

zbMATH Keywords

open quantum systemsquantum coherence and correlationsquantum phase-space formalismquantum thermodynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22)

Abstract: Recent studies have pointed out the intrinsic dependence of figures of merit of thermodynamic relevance -- such as work, heat and entropy production -- on the amount of quantum coherences that is made available to a system. However, whether coherences hinder or enhance the value taken by such quantifiers of thermodynamic performance is yet to be ascertained. We show that, when considering entropy production generated in a process taking a finite-size bipartite quantum system out of equilibrium through local non-unitary channels, no general monotonicity relationship exists between the entropy production and degree of quantum coherence in the state of the system. A direct correspondence between such quantities can be retrieved when considering specific forms of open-system dynamics applied to suitably chosen initial states. Our results call for a systematic study of the role of genuine quantum features in the non-equilibrium thermodynamics of quantum processes.

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