2016/07/14 by Nahuel Freitas, Juan Pablo Paz · 1 citation
Engineering · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Coupling (piping) #Field (mathematics) #Limit (mathematics) #Materials science #Mathematical analysis #Mathematics #Nernst equation #Physics #Quantum #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #Quantum mechanics #Quantum thermodynamics #Statistical physics #Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies #cond-mat.other #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreve.95.012146
published as Phys. Rev. E 95, 012146 (2017)
arxiv created 2016/07/14 · openalex publication_date 2017/01/23 · arxiv updated 2017/02/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We study the asymptotic dynamics of arbitrary linear quantum open systems that are periodically driven while coupled with generic bosonic reservoirs. We obtain exact results for the heat flowing from each reservoir, and these results are valid beyond the weak-coupling or Markovian approximations. We prove the validity of the dynamical third law of thermodynamics (Nernst unattainability principle), showing that the ultimate limit for cooling is imposed by a fundamental heating mechanism that dominates at low temperatures, namely the nonresonant creation of excitation pairs in the reservoirs induced by the driving field. This quantum effect, which is missed in the weak-coupling approximation, restores the unattainability principle, the validity of which was recently challenged.