Autonomous fluctuation theorems for work and entropy production hold when a system exchanges energy with a dynamical reversible work source, reducing to standard non-autonomous theorems as the source inertia goes to infinity.
A Quantum Fluctuation Theorem
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We consider a quantum system strongly driven by forces that are periodic in time. The theorem concerns the probability $P(e)$ of observing a given energy change $e$ after a number of cycles. If the system is thermostated by a (quantum) thermal bath, $e$ is the total amount of energy transferred to the bath, while for an isolated system $e$ is the increase in energy of the system itself. Then, we show that $P(e)/P(-e)=e^{\beta e}$, a parameter-free, model-independent relation.
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Miniatures on Open Quantum Systems
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Response theory for quantum fields in isolation
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