Work Sum Rule for Open Quantum Systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2402.18855v2
• Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 16:10:51 GMT
• Title: Work Sum Rule for Open Quantum Systems
• Authors: Parth Kumar, Caleb M. Webb, Charles A. Stafford,
• Abstract summary: Key question in the thermodynamics of open quantum systems is how to partition thermodynamic quantities such as entropy, work, and internal energy between the system and its environment. We show that the only partition under which entropy is nonsingular is based on a partition of Hilbert space, which assigns half the system-environment coupling to the system and half to the environment.
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• Abstract: A key question in the thermodynamics of open quantum systems is how to partition thermodynamic quantities such as entropy, work, and internal energy between the system and its environment. We show that the only partition under which entropy is nonsingular is based on a partition of Hilbert space, which assigns half the system-environment coupling to the system and half to the environment. However, quantum work partitions nontrivially under Hilbert-space partition, and we derive a work sum rule that accounts for quantum work at a distance. All state functions of the system are shown to be path independent once this nonlocal quantum work is properly accounted for. Our results are illustrated with application to a driven resonant level strongly coupled to a reservoir.

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