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arxiv: 2604.13524 · v1 · submitted 2026-04-15 · 🪐 quant-ph · cs.IT· math.IT

Quantum thermodynamics with uncertain equilibrium

Munan Zhang , Kun Fang This is my paper

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keywords quantum thermodynamicsuncertain equilibriumresource theoryathermality purificationno-go theoremwork extractionthermodynamic irreversibilityrelative entropy
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Uncertain equilibrium states impose a no-go theorem on athermality purification in quantum thermodynamics.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper addresses the practical issue that the equilibrium state in quantum thermodynamics is never known exactly, due to uncertainties in Hamiltonian and temperature. It models this by a set of candidate equilibrium states and shows that, when this set meets a generic geometric condition, any attempt to purify an uncertain athermality resource into a definite one must be either trivial or impossible. This leads to new models of batteries with clean (known) or dirty (uncertain) equilibria, for which precise one-shot work extraction and formation formulas are derived using relative entropies. In the limit of many copies, the theory exhibits pronounced irreversibility, with states that cost work to create but yield none, or allow extraction but infinite formation cost. The findings indicate that even small equilibrium uncertainty qualitatively changes the rules of thermodynamic resource conversion.

Core claim

The authors prove that under a generic geometric condition on the set of possible equilibrium states, athermality purification—converting an uncertain athermality resource into a definite target—is either trivial or impossible, allowing no tradeoff. They introduce clean and dirty battery models for work tasks and provide exact one-shot characterizations using min- and max-relative entropies along with subspace-constrained versions. Asymptotically, they demonstrate strong irreversibility, including examples where in the clean model work is needed to form a state but cannot be extracted from it, and in the dirty model work extraction is possible but formation costs infinite work, effects that

What carries the argument

The set of candidate equilibrium states reflecting uncertainty in the Hamiltonian and bath temperature, which under a generic geometric condition enables the no-go theorem limiting athermality purification and supports the entropic characterizations of work.

If this is right

  • One-shot work extraction and formation are exactly characterized by standard min- and max-relative entropies and their subspace-constrained variants for both battery models.
  • In the asymptotic regime both clean and dirty battery models exhibit strong thermodynamic irreversibility.
  • Explicit states exist in the clean-battery model that require work to form yet yield no extractable work.
  • In the dirty-battery model work can be extracted from certain states while their formation requires infinite work cost.
  • All irreversibility phenomena persist even when equilibrium uncertainty is made arbitrarily small.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The no-go result implies that experimental attempts at thermodynamic resource conversion must incorporate uncertainty in the reference state to avoid overestimating achievable work yields.
  • The clean versus dirty battery distinction offers a way to design controlled tests in quantum simulators by adding tunable noise to the equilibrium reference and measuring resulting work costs.
  • Similar no-go theorems may apply to other quantum resource theories when the reference state or channel is uncertain, though this extension is left open.

Load-bearing premise

The generic geometric condition on the set of candidate equilibrium states that enables the no-go theorem for athermality purification.

What would settle it

A concrete counterexample in which a non-trivial conversion from an uncertain athermality resource to a definite target succeeds under the stated geometric condition on the candidate equilibria.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2604.13524 by Kun Fang, Munan Zhang.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Illustration of athermality transformations with clean and dirty batteries. (a) Clean bat [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p002_1.png] view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Comparison of the standard and uncertain athermal states. (a) The standard setting: [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_2.png] view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Illustration of the no-go theorem for athermality “purification”. The conversion is [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_3.png] view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Geometric illustration of the Hamiltonian uncertainty in Example [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_4.png] view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Illustration of the no-go theorem for work extraction with uncertainty. The region [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Illustration of the no-go theorem for battery energy truncation. (a) In the standard [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_6.png] view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Illustration of the work cost from a dirty battery. We aim to find [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p016_7.png] view at source ↗
read the original abstract

The resource-theoretic approach to quantum thermodynamics assumes complete knowledge of the thermal equilibrium against which thermodynamic resources are defined. In practice, however, this state is determined by the system Hamiltonian and the bath temperature, neither of which is known with perfect precision. We develop a framework in which the equilibrium reference is specified by a set of candidate states reflecting this uncertainty. Under a generic geometric condition, we prove a no-go theorem that sharply limits athermality ``purification'': conversion from an uncertain athermality resource to a definite target is either trivial or impossible, with no room for tradeoff. We then introduce two complementary battery models: a clean battery with a precisely known equilibrium state and a dirty battery with an uncertain one. For both models, we derive exact one-shot entropic characterizations of work extraction and work of formation in terms of standard min- and max-relative entropies and new subspace-constrained variants. In the asymptotic regime, both models exhibit a strong form of thermodynamic irreversibility. In particular, we give a simple and explicit example in which, in the clean-battery model, work is required to form a state but no work can be extracted from it, in direct analogy with bound entanglement, whereas in the dirty-battery model, work can be extracted but formation requires infinite work cost. These phenomena persist even under arbitrarily small uncertainty, showing that equilibrium uncertainty is not a minor perturbation of the standard theory but a qualitatively new ingredient that reshapes the fundamental limits of thermodynamic resource interconversion.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

3 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript develops a resource-theoretic framework for quantum thermodynamics where the equilibrium reference is uncertain and given by a convex set of candidate states. Under a generic geometric condition on this set, it proves a no-go theorem that athermality purification (conversion of an uncertain resource to a definite target) is either trivial or impossible with no tradeoff. It introduces clean (precise equilibrium) and dirty (uncertain equilibrium) battery models, derives exact one-shot characterizations of work extraction and formation via standard and subspace-constrained min/max-relative entropies, and shows strong asymptotic irreversibility including bound-entanglement-like phenomena that survive arbitrarily small uncertainty.

Significance. If the results hold, this is a significant contribution: it shows equilibrium uncertainty is a qualitatively new ingredient that reshapes thermodynamic limits rather than a small perturbation, with exact entropic formulas and explicit irreversibility examples (including the clean-battery bound-entanglement analogue and dirty-battery infinite-cost formation). The framework extends standard quantum thermodynamics in a physically motivated direction and supplies falsifiable distinctions between the two battery models.

major comments (3)
  1. [No-go theorem statement] The no-go theorem (main text, statement following the framework section) invokes a 'generic geometric condition' on the convex set of candidate equilibria to conclude that purification is either trivial or impossible. The precise mathematical definition of this condition, a proof that it is generic/dense in the space of physically relevant uncertainty sets, and verification against standard models (e.g., bounded Hamiltonian eigenvalue uncertainty plus temperature interval) are not supplied. This condition is load-bearing for the central claim of 'no room for tradeoff'.
  2. [Asymptotic clean-battery example] In the asymptotic-regime analysis for the clean-battery model (example of a state that requires work to form yet yields no extractable work), it is not shown that the chosen uncertainty set satisfies the geometric condition. If the condition fails, the no-go does not apply and non-trivial purification protocols may exist, undermining the claimed analogy to bound entanglement.
  3. [Dirty-battery characterizations] The dirty-battery claim that work extraction is possible while formation costs infinite work rests on the subspace-constrained max-relative entropy diverging. The exact definition of these new entropies and the step-by-step reduction showing infinity (versus the finite standard max-relative entropy) must be exhibited explicitly to confirm the derivation is not circular or post-hoc.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Preliminaries / notation] The subspace-constrained min- and max-relative entropies are introduced without a self-contained preliminary definition or comparison table to the unconstrained versions; a short dedicated subsection would improve readability before their use in the one-shot formulas.
  2. [Abstract and introduction] The abstract and introduction refer to 'new subspace-constrained variants' without a one-sentence indication of the constraint (e.g., support restriction or projection onto a subspace); adding this would clarify the novelty for readers unfamiliar with the construction.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their careful reading of the manuscript and for the constructive comments, which have helped us identify points that require clarification. We address each major comment in turn below. We will revise the manuscript accordingly to strengthen the presentation while preserving the core results.

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  1. Referee: [No-go theorem statement] The no-go theorem (main text, statement following the framework section) invokes a 'generic geometric condition' on the convex set of candidate equilibria to conclude that purification is either trivial or impossible. The precise mathematical definition of this condition, a proof that it is generic/dense in the space of physically relevant uncertainty sets, and verification against standard models (e.g., bounded Hamiltonian eigenvalue uncertainty plus temperature interval) are not supplied. This condition is load-bearing for the central claim of 'no room for tradeoff'.

    Authors: We agree that the geometric condition requires a more explicit treatment to support the central claim. The condition is introduced in the framework section as the requirement that the convex set of candidate equilibria has nonempty interior relative to its affine hull and is not contained in any proper face of the state space; however, to address the referee's concern we will add a dedicated paragraph providing the formal definition, a short proof that the condition holds densely (via openness in the Hausdorff topology on compact convex sets), and an explicit verification that it is satisfied by the standard model of bounded Hamiltonian eigenvalue uncertainty combined with a temperature interval, provided the uncertainty radius is positive but finite. These additions will be placed immediately before the no-go theorem statement. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Asymptotic clean-battery example] In the asymptotic-regime analysis for the clean-battery model (example of a state that requires work to form yet yields no extractable work), it is not shown that the chosen uncertainty set satisfies the geometric condition. If the condition fails, the no-go does not apply and non-trivial purification protocols may exist, undermining the claimed analogy to bound entanglement.

    Authors: We acknowledge that an explicit check is needed to ensure the analogy to bound entanglement is rigorous. In the revised manuscript we will insert a short paragraph immediately preceding the asymptotic example that verifies the specific uncertainty set (a small ball around a fixed thermal state) satisfies the generic geometric condition by direct computation of its relative interior. The verification uses the same definition supplied in response to the first comment and confirms that the set is not contained in any proper face, thereby ensuring the no-go theorem applies and the claimed irreversibility holds. revision: yes

  3. Referee: [Dirty-battery characterizations] The dirty-battery claim that work extraction is possible while formation costs infinite work rests on the subspace-constrained max-relative entropy diverging. The exact definition of these new entropies and the step-by-step reduction showing infinity (versus the finite standard max-relative entropy) must be exhibited explicitly to confirm the derivation is not circular or post-hoc.

    Authors: The definitions of the subspace-constrained min- and max-relative entropies appear in the dirty-battery section as the standard quantities restricted to states whose support lies inside a fixed subspace determined by the uncertain equilibrium. The divergence of the constrained max-relative entropy for formation follows because the target state has a component orthogonal to that subspace, rendering the quantity infinite while the unconstrained version remains finite. To make the argument fully explicit we will add a short appendix containing the precise definitions together with a line-by-line derivation of the infinity result, including the supporting lemma that the constrained quantity is infinite precisely when the support condition is violated. This appendix will be referenced from the main-text claim. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity detected in derivation chain

full rationale

The paper introduces a framework for quantum thermodynamics with an uncertain equilibrium reference given by a convex set of candidate thermal states. The central no-go theorem for athermality purification is explicitly conditioned on a stated generic geometric property of that set (independent of the target conversion result) and is proved from first principles within the resource-theoretic setting. Work extraction and formation are characterized via standard min- and max-relative entropies together with newly defined subspace-constrained variants; these quantities are defined directly from the uncertainty set and do not presuppose or reduce to the no-go statement by construction. Asymptotic irreversibility examples are constructed explicitly rather than obtained by fitting or renaming prior results. No self-citations appear as load-bearing premises, and the derivations remain self-contained against external benchmarks such as standard thermo-majorization and relative-entropy resource theories.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 2 axioms · 3 invented entities

The framework rests on standard quantum resource theory assumptions plus a new modeling choice for uncertainty; no fitted parameters are mentioned, and the new entities are definitional models rather than postulated physical objects.

axioms (2)
  • domain assumption Thermal equilibrium reference is specified by a set of candidate states reflecting uncertainty in Hamiltonian and bath temperature.
    Core modeling assumption introduced to capture practical uncertainty.
  • domain assumption Standard assumptions of the resource-theoretic approach to quantum thermodynamics hold as the base theory.
    Used to extend the existing framework.
invented entities (3)
  • Clean battery model no independent evidence
    purpose: Battery with precisely known equilibrium state for work extraction and formation tasks.
    Introduced to contrast with the uncertain case and derive exact characterizations.
  • Dirty battery model no independent evidence
    purpose: Battery with uncertain equilibrium state for work extraction and formation tasks.
    New model to study effects of equilibrium uncertainty.
  • Subspace-constrained min- and max-relative entropies no independent evidence
    purpose: New entropic quantities for one-shot characterizations under uncertainty.
    Derived to provide exact formulas in the new framework.

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