2008/11/30 by Massimiliano Esposito, Upendra Harbola, Shaul Mukamel · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.stat-mech
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/revmodphys.81.1665
published as Rev. Mod. Phys. 81, 1665 (2009) · Accepted in Rev. Mod. Phys. v2: Some references added and typos corrected
arxiv created 2009/02/19 · arxiv updated 2015/05/12
Fluctuation theorems (FTs), which describe some universal properties of nonequilibrium fluctuations, are examined from a quantum perspective and derived by introducing a two-point measurement on the system. FTs for closed and open systems driven out of equilibrium by an external time-dependent force, and for open systems maintained in a nonequilibrium steady-state by nonequilibrium boundary conditions, are derived from a unified approach. Applications to fermion and boson transport in quantum junctions are discussed. Quantum master equations and Green's functions techniques for computing the energy and particle statistics are presented.