Nonequilibrium fluctuations, fluctuation theorems, and counting statistics in quantum systems

Massimiliano Esposito, Upendra Harbola, and Shaul Mukamel

Rev. Mod. Phys. 81, 1665 – Published 2 December 2009; Erratum Rev. Mod. Phys. 86, 1125 (2014)

Abstract

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.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.81.1665

Erratum

Erratum: Nonequilibrium fluctuations, fluctuation theorems, and counting statistics in quantum systems [Rev. Mod. Phys. 81, 1665 (2009)]

Massimiliano Esposito, Upendra Harbola, and Shaul Mukamel

Rev. Mod. Phys. 86, 1125 (2014)

Authors & Affiliations

Massimiliano Esposito

Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 920930340, USA and Center for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems, Université Libre de Bruxelles, C.P. 231, Campus Plaine, Brussels, Belgium

Upendra Harbola and Shaul Mukamel