Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Quantum Friction
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2007.04857v2
- Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 19:01:27 GMT
- Title: Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Quantum Friction
- Authors: Daniel Reiche, Francesco Intravaia, Jen-Tsung Hsiang, Kurt Busch,
Bei-Lok Hu
- Abstract summary: We show how a simple rule, such as the net flow of energy in and out of a moving atom under nonequilibrium steady state condition, can expose the shortcomings of many popular theories of quantum friction.
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- Abstract: Thermodynamic principles are often deceptively simple and yet surprisingly
powerful. We show how a simple rule, such as the net flow of energy in and out
of a moving atom under nonequilibrium steady state condition, can expose the
shortcomings of many popular theories of quantum friction. Our thermodynamic
approach provides a conceptual framework in guiding atom-optical experiments,
thereby highlighting the importance of fluctuation-dissipation relations and
long-time correlations between subsystems. Our results introduce consistency
conditions for (numerical) models of nonequilibrium dynamics of open quantum
systems.
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