Improved bound on entropy production in a quantum annealer

Abstract

For a system described by a multivariate probability density function obeying the fluctuation theorem, the average dissipation is lower-bounded by the degree of asymmetry of the marginal distributions (namely the relative entropy between the marginal and its mirror image). We formally prove that such lower bound is tighter than the recently reported bound expressed in terms of the precision of the marginal (i.e., the thermodynamic uncertainty relation) and is saturable. We illustrate the result with examples and we apply it to achieve the most accurate experimental estimation of dissipation associated to quantum annealing to date.

6 pages, 2 figures. v03: Introduction majorly revised and title changed. Accepted in PRE (Letter)

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