Jarzynski equation for a simple quantum system: Comparing two definitions of work

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2006-12-20

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0612527v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

5 papes, 1 figure largly rewritten and slightly enlarged version

Scientific paper

10.1209/0295-5075/79/10003

The validity of the Jarzynski equation for a very simple, exactly solvable quantum system is analyzed. The implications of two different definitions of work proposed in the literature are investigated. The first one derives from measurements of the system energy at the beginning and at the end of the process under consideration making the work a classical stochastic variable with transition probabilities derived from quantum mechanics. In the second definition an operator of work is introduced and the average in the Jarzynski equation is a quantum expectation value. For the first definition a general quantum mechanical version of the Jarzynski equation is known to hold. For the second one the Jarzynski equation fails to yield the free energy difference at low temperature.

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