Nonequilibrium work distribution of a quantum harmonic oscillator
| dc.contributor.author | Deffner, Sebastian | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lutz, Eric | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-11T17:05:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-08-11T17:05:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008-02-27 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We calculate analytically the work distribution of a quantum harmonic oscillator with arbitrary time-dependent angular frequency. We provide detailed expressions for the work probability density for adiabatic and nonadiabatic processes, in the limits of low and high temperature. We further verify the validity of the quantum Jarzynski equality. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | S.D. and E.L. would like to thank Ramses van Zon, Ferdinand Schmidt-Kaler, and Peter Hänggi for interesting discussions and comments. This work was supported by the Emmy Noether Program of the DFG Contract No. LU1382/1-1 and the cluster of excellence Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM). | en |
| dc.description.uri | https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.77.021128 | en |
| dc.format.extent | 6 pages | en |
| dc.genre | journal articles | en |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2wgxb-vd0q | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Sebastian Deffner and Eric Lutz, Nonequilibrium work distribution of a quantum harmonic oscillator, Phys. Rev. E 77(02) (2008), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.77.021128 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.77.021128 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/19393 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | American Physical Society (APS) | en |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Physics Department Collection | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET) | |
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| dc.rights | ©2008 The American Physical Society | |
| dc.title | Nonequilibrium work distribution of a quantum harmonic oscillator | en |
| dc.type | Text | en |