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arxiv: 1111.1988 · v3 · pith:X4GY6YPLnew · submitted 2011-11-08 · ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall

Defining the effective temperature of a quantum driven system from current-current correlation functions

classification ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall
keywords temperaturefunctionscorrelationcurrent-currenteffectivedrivenfluctuation-dissipationrelation
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We calculate current-current correlation functions and find an expression for the zero-frequency noise of multiterminal systems driven by harmonically time-dependent voltages within the Keldysh non-equilibrium Green's functions formalism. We also propose a fluctuation-dissipation relation for current-current correlation functions to define an effective temperature. We discuss the behavior of this temperature and compare it with the local temperature determined by a thermometer and with the effective temperature defined from a single-particle fluctuation-dissipation relation. We show that for low frequencies all the definitions of the temperature coincide.

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