Universal energy fluctuations in inelastic scattering processes

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2404.04923v1
• Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 11:32:14 GMT
• Title: Universal energy fluctuations in inelastic scattering processes
• Authors: Samuel L. Jacob, John Goold, Gabriel T. Landi, Felipe Barra,
• Abstract summary: We uncover universal relations for the energy fluctuations of a quantum system scattering inelastically with a particle at arbitrary kinetic energies. We find that energy releasing processes are dominant when the kinetic energy of the particle is comparable to the system energies. Our work provides a unified view of energy fluctuations when the source driving the system is not macroscopic but rather an auxiliary quantum particle in a scattering process.
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• Abstract: Quantum scattering is used ubiquitously in both experimental and theoretical physics across a wide range of disciplines, from high-energy physics to mesoscopic physics. In this work, we uncover universal relations for the energy fluctuations of a quantum system scattering inelastically with a particle at arbitrary kinetic energies. In particular, we prove a fluctuation relation describing an asymmetry between energy absorbing and releasing processes which relies on the non-unital nature of the underlying quantum map. This allows us to derive a bound on the average energy exchanged. We find that energy releasing processes are dominant when the kinetic energy of the particle is comparable to the system energies, but are forbidden at very high kinetic energies where well known fluctuation relations are recovered. Our work provides a unified view of energy fluctuations when the source driving the system is not macroscopic but rather an auxiliary quantum particle in a scattering process.

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