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Work fluctuation theorems with initial quantum coherence

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.16227v5
Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 09:56:25 GMT
Title: Work fluctuation theorems with initial quantum coherence
Authors: Gianluca Francica, Luca Dell'Anna,
Abstract summary: Fluctuation theorems are fundamental results in nonequilibrium thermodynamics beyond the linear response regime. We investigate the role of initial quantum coherence in work fluctuation theorems.
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Abstract: Fluctuation theorems are fundamental results in nonequilibrium thermodynamics beyond the linear response regime. Among these, the paradigmatic Tasaki-Crooks fluctuation theorem relates the statistics of the works done in a forward out-of-equilibrium quantum process and in a corresponding backward one. In particular, the initial states of the two processes are thermal states and thus incoherent in the energy basis. Here, we aim to investigate the role of initial quantum coherence in work fluctuation theorems, by considering a quasiprobability distribution of work. To do this, we formulate and examine the implications of a detailed fluctuation theorem, which reproduces the Tasaki-Crooks fluctuation theorem in the absence of initial quantum coherence.

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