{
  "id": "cond-mat/0602679",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2006-02-28T19:01:09.000Z",
  "updated": "2006-02-28T19:01:09.000Z",
  "title": "Fluctuation theorems for quantum master equations",
  "authors": [
    "Massimiliano Esposito",
    "Shaul Mukamel"
  ],
  "comment": "Submitted to Phys. Rev. E",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. E 73, 046129 (2006)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevE.73.046129",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech"
  ],
  "abstract": "A quantum fluctuation theorem for a driven quantum subsystem interacting with its environment is derived based solely on the assumption that its reduced density matrix obeys a closed evolution equation i.e. a quantum master equation (QME). Quantum trajectories and their associated entropy, heat and work appear naturally by transforming the QME to a time dependent Liouville space basis that diagonalizes the instantaneous reduced density matrix of the subsystem. A quantum integral fluctuation theorem, a steady state fluctuation theorem and the Jarzynski relation are derived in a similar way as for classical stochastic dynamics.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2006-02-28T19:01:09.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "quantum master equation",
      "time dependent liouville space basis",
      "steady state fluctuation theorem",
      "quantum integral fluctuation theorem",
      "quantum fluctuation theorem"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. E"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}