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| author | Ma, Teng Zhang, Jing-Ning Wang, Yuan-Sheng Xie, Hong-Yi Yung, Man-Hong |
| author_facet | Ma, Teng Zhang, Jing-Ning Wang, Yuan-Sheng Xie, Hong-Yi Yung, Man-Hong |
| contents | Anomalous heat transfer (AHT), a process by which heat spontaneously flows from a cold system into a hot one, superficially contradicts the Clausius statement of the second law of thermodynamics. Here we provide a full classification of mechanisms of the AHT in nonequilibrium quantum systems from a quantum-information perspective. For initial states in local equilibrium, we find that the AHT can arise from three resources: initial correlation, intrasystem interaction, and intrasystem temperature inhomogeneity. In particular, for qubit systems, we prove that initial quantum coherence is necessary for AHT if the intersystem interactions are limited to the two-body type. We explicitly show the AHT dominated by each of the mechanisms in a three-qubit system. Our classification scheme may offer a guideline for developing high-efficiency quantum autonomous thermal machines. |
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| spellingShingle | Anomalous Heat Transfer in Nonequilibrium Quantum Systems Ma, Teng Zhang, Jing-Ning Wang, Yuan-Sheng Xie, Hong-Yi Yung, Man-Hong Quantum Physics Anomalous heat transfer (AHT), a process by which heat spontaneously flows from a cold system into a hot one, superficially contradicts the Clausius statement of the second law of thermodynamics. Here we provide a full classification of mechanisms of the AHT in nonequilibrium quantum systems from a quantum-information perspective. For initial states in local equilibrium, we find that the AHT can arise from three resources: initial correlation, intrasystem interaction, and intrasystem temperature inhomogeneity. In particular, for qubit systems, we prove that initial quantum coherence is necessary for AHT if the intersystem interactions are limited to the two-body type. We explicitly show the AHT dominated by each of the mechanisms in a three-qubit system. Our classification scheme may offer a guideline for developing high-efficiency quantum autonomous thermal machines. |
| title | Anomalous Heat Transfer in Nonequilibrium Quantum Systems |
| topic | Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.07410 |