Quantum reference frames and their applications to thermodynamics

DOI10.1098/RSTA.2018.0111MaRDI QIDQ4561772zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Sandu Popescu, A. B. Sainz, Anthony J. Short, Andreas Winter

Publication date 13 December 2018

Published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.03730

zbMATH Keywords

conservation lawsquantum thermodynamicsreference frames

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special quantum systems, such as solvable systems (81Q80)

Abstract: We construct a quantum reference frame, which can be used to approximately implement arbitrary unitary transformations on a system in the presence of any number of extensive conserved quantities, by absorbing any back action provided by the conservation laws. Thus, the reference frame at the same time acts as a battery for the conserved quantities. Our construction features a physically intuitive, clear and implementation-friendly realisation. Indeed, the reference system is composed of the same types of subsystems as the original system and is finite for any desired accuracy. In addition, the interaction with the reference frame can be broken down into two-body terms coupling the system to one of the reference frame subsystems at a time. We apply this construction to quantum thermodynamic setups with multiple, possibly non-commuting conserved quantities, which allows for the definition of explicit batteries in such cases.

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