Speaker
Prof.
Peter Talkner
(University of Augsburg, Germany)
Description
The fluctuation theorems of Jarzynski and Crooks impose
restrictions on the statistics of work performed by an
external force acting on a system that initially was in
thermal equilibrium. Originally these relations were proven
for classical systems. In this talk we shall present how
they can be obtained for quantum systems [1]. The first
precondition for their validity is a proper and consistent
definition for work performed on a quantum system.
As a second condition the system must initially be prepared
in a thermal equilibrium state and third, the dynamics must
be microscopically reversible.
We further shall discuss the validity of the fluctuation
theorems for open quantum systems and for systems subjected
to projective measurements.
[1] M. Campisi, P. Hanggi, O. Talkner, Rev. Mod. Phys., 83,
771 (2011).
Primary author
Prof.
Peter Talkner
(University of Augsburg, Germany)
