Generalized energy measurements and quantum work compatible with fluctuation theorems
arXiv:1812.07289 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.99.032117
Abstract
The probability densities of work that can be exerted on a quantum system initially staying in thermal equilibrium are constrained by the fluctuation relations of Jarzynski and Crooks, when the work is determined by two projective energy measurements. We investigate the question whether these fluctuation relations may still hold if one employs generalized energy measurements rather than projective ones. Restricting ourselves to a class of universal measurements which are independent of several details of the system on which the work is done, we find sets of necessary and sufficient conditions for the Jarzynski equality and the Crooks relation. The Jarzynski equality requires perfect accuracy for the initial measurement, while the final one can be erroneous. On the other hand, the Crooks relation can only tolerate a depolarizing channel as a deviation from the projective measurement for systems with a finite dimensional Hilbert space. For a separable infinite-dimensional space only projective measurements are compatible with the Crooks relation. The results we have obtained significantly extend those of [Venkatesh, Watanabe, and Talkner, New J. Phys. 16, 015032 (2014)] as well as avoid some errors present there.
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