Complete positivity and thermodynamics in a driven open quantum system

DOI10.1007/S10955-015-1210-4zbMATH Open1329.82067arXiv1502.00864OpenAlexW2068645544WikidataQ62589038 ScholiaQ62589038MaRDI QIDQ888262FDOQ888262

Authors: Giuseppe Argentieri, Marco Pezzutto, F. Benatti, R. Floreanini 

Publication date: 30 October 2015

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: While it is well known that complete positivity guarantees the fulfilment of the second law of thermodynamics, its possible violations have never been proposed as a check of the complete positivity of a given open quantum dynamics. We hereby consider an open quantum micro-circuit, effectively describable as a two-level open quantum system, whose asymptotic current might be experimentally accessible. This latter could indeed be used to discriminate between its possible non-completely positive Redfield dynamics and a completely positive one obtained by standard weak-coupling limit techniques, at the same time verifying the fate of the second law of thermodynamics in such a context.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.00864

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zbMATH Keywords

complete positivityopen quantum systemssecond law of thermodynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum dynamics and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C10) Quantum stochastic calculus (81S25)

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