2006/11/15 by L. S. Schulman, Bernard Gaveau, B. Gaveau · 1 citation
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Quantum Information and Cryptography #quant-ph #stochastic dynamics and bifurcation
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.97.240405
published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 240405 (2006) · To appear in Phys. Rev. Lett
arxiv created 2006/11/15 · openalex publication_date 2006/12/15 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The destruction of quantum coherence can pump energy into a system. For our examples this is paradoxical because the destroyed correlations are ordinarily considered negligible. Mathematically the explanation is straightforward and physically one can identify the degrees of freedom supplying this energy. Nevertheless, the energy input can be calculated without specific reference to those degrees of freedom.