Nonequilibrium work equalities in isolated quantum systems

  • Fei Liu*
  • , Zhong Can Ouyang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We briefly introduce the quantum Jarzynski and Bochkov - Kuzovlev equalities in isolated quantum Hamiltonian systems, including their origin, their derivations using a quantum Feynman - Kac formula, the quantum Crooks equality, the evolution equations governing the characteristic functions of the probability density functions for the quantum work, and recent experimental verifications. Some results are given here for the first time. We particularly emphasize the formally structural consistence between these quantum equalities and their classical counterparts, which are useful for understanding the existing equalities and pursuing new fluctuation relations in other complex quantum systems.

Original languageEnglish
Article number070512
JournalChinese Physics B
Volume23
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2014

Keywords

  • nonequilibrium isolated quantum systems
  • probability density function of quantum work
  • quantum Feynman-Kac formula
  • work equality

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