Can the Macroscopic Fluctuation Theory be Quantized?

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2107.04442v2
• Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 08:50:54 GMT
• Title: Can the Macroscopic Fluctuation Theory be Quantized?
• Authors: Denis Bernard
• Abstract summary: The Macroscopic Fluctuation Theory is an effective framework to describe transports and their fluctuations in classical out-of-equilibrium diffusive systems. I discuss possible questions that a quantum version of the Macroscopic Fluctuation Theory could address.
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• Abstract: The Macroscopic Fluctuation Theory is an effective framework to describe transports and their fluctuations in classical out-of-equilibrium diffusive systems. Whether the Macroscopic Fluctuation Theory may be extended to the quantum realm and which form this extension may take is yet terra incognita but is a timely question. In this short introductory review, I discuss possible questions that a quantum version of the Macroscopic Fluctuation Theory could address and how analysing Quantum Simple Exclusion Processes yields pieces of answers to these questions.

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