Abstract
We analytically explore the fluctuation of the work-induced entropy production of an externally perturbed quantum harmonic oscillator interacting with several reservoirs. The quantum fluctuation of the work amounts to a non-Gaussian fluctuation of the entropy production, which interpolates the Gaussian and the Poissonian distributions at high- and low-temperature regimes. Also, it is shown that the corresponding fluctuation theorem symmetry is rigorously satisfied.
- Received 11 June 2009
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.81.011129
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