We consider a recently proposed model of driven open quantum micro-circuit (Pellegrini F., Phys. Rev. Lett., 107 (2011) 060401) amenable to experimental investigations. We show that such an open quantum system provides a concrete physical instance where we can prove that modeling its time evolution with a dynamics lacking complete positivity conflicts with the second law of thermodynamics.
Titolo: | Violations of the second law of thermodynamics by a non-completely positive dynamics |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2014 |
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Abstract: | We consider a recently proposed model of driven open quantum micro-circuit (Pellegrini F., Phys. Rev. Lett., 107 (2011) 060401) amenable to experimental investigations. We show that such an open quantum system provides a concrete physical instance where we can prove that modeling its time evolution with a dynamics lacking complete positivity conflicts with the second law of thermodynamics. |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11368/2828743 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/107/50007 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in Rivista |
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