Dynamics of Quantum-Classical Systems in Nonequilibrium Environments

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2411.18713v2
• Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:45:23 GMT
• Title: Dynamics of Quantum-Classical Systems in Nonequilibrium Environments
• Authors: Jeremy Schofield, Raymond Kapral,
• Abstract summary: dynamics of a quantum system coupled to a classical environment and subject to constraints that drive it out of equilibrium is described. We derive exact equations of motion for the nonequilibrium average values of a set of operators or variables. Nonequilibrium steady states are discussed along with the reaction rate and diffusion correlation functions that characterize such states.
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• Abstract: The dynamics of a quantum system coupled to a classical environment and subject to constraints that drive it out of equilibrium is described. The evolution of the system is governed by the quantum-classical Liouville equation. Rather than evaluating the evolution of the mixed quantum-classical density operator, we derive exact equations of motion for the nonequilibrium average values of a set of operators or variables, along with correlation function expressions for the dissipative coefficients that enter these equations. These equations are obtained by requiring that the exact nonequilibrium averages are equal to local nonequilibrium averages that depend on auxiliary fields whose values satisfy evolution equations obtained using projection operator methods. The results are illustrated by deriving reaction-diffusion equations coupled to fluid hydrodynamic equations for a dilute solution of quantum particles that can exist in two metastable states. Nonequilibrium steady states are discussed along with the reaction rate and diffusion correlation functions that characterize such states.

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