Rényi entropy flows from quantum heat engines
Abstract
We evaluate Rényi entropy flows from generic quantum heat engines (QHE) to a weakly coupled probe environment kept in thermal equilibrium. We show that the flows are determined not only by heat flow but also by a quantum coherent flow that can be separately measured in experiment apart from the heat flow measurement. The same pertains to Shannon entropy flow. This appeals for a revision of the concept of entropy flows in quantum nonequlibrium thermodynamics.
- Publication:
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Physical Review B
- Pub Date:
- March 2015
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1408.3910
- Bibcode:
- 2015PhRvB..91j4303A
- Keywords:
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- 05.30.-d;
- 03.67.Mn;
- 42.50.Ct;
- Quantum statistical mechanics;
- Entanglement production characterization and manipulation;
- Quantum description of interaction of light and matter;
- related experiments;
- Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics;
- Quantum Physics
- E-Print:
- 7 pages, 3 figures