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Quantum stochastic thermodynamics of macroscopic systems: an algebraic approach
Antoine Rignon-Bret, Cyril Elouard
We build a framework for the thermodynamics of macroscopic quantum systems. In contrast with approaches requiring access to the full density matrix, our framework relies on a coars…
Black hole thermodynamics at null infinity. Part 2: Open systems, Markovian dynamics and work extraction from non-rotating black holes
Antoine Rignon-Bret, Matthieu Vilatte
Black hole thermodynamics provides a unique setting in which general relativity, quantum field theory, and statistical mechanics converge. In semiclassical gravity, this interplay…
Black hole thermodynamics at null infinity. Part 1: Dual Generalized Second Law
Antoine Rignon-Bret, Matthieu Vilatte
The generalized second law (GSL) of black hole thermodynamics asserts the monotonic increase of the generalized entropy combining the black hole area and the entropy of quantum fie…
Black hole thermodynamic potentials for asymptotic observers
Antoine Rignon-Bret
The generalized second law states the total entropy of any closed system as the universe cannot decrease if we include black hole entropy. From the point of view of an asymptotic o…
Spatially local energy density of gravitational waves
Antoine Rignon-Bret, Simone Speziale
We propose a new set of BMS charges at null infinity, characterized by a super-translation flux that contains only the `hard' term. This is achieved with a specific corner improvem…
Center-less BMS charge algebra
Antoine Rignon-Bret, Simone Speziale
We show that when the Wald-Zoupas prescription is implemented, the resulting charges realize the BMS symmetry algebra without any 2-cocycle nor central extension, at any cut of fut…
General covariance and boundary symmetry algebras
Antoine Rignon-Bret, Simone Speziale
In general relativity as well as gauge theories, non-trivial symmetries can appear at boundaries. In the presence of radiation some of the symmetries are not Hamiltonian vector fie…
General gravitational charges on null hypersurfaces
Gloria Odak, Antoine Rignon-Bret, Simone Speziale
We perform a detailed study of the covariance properties of the symplectic potential of general relativity on a null hypersurface, and of the different polarizations that can be us…
A note on the physical process first law of black hole mechanics
Antoine Rignon-Bret
I give a simple proof of the physical process first law of black hole thermodynamics including charged black holes, in which all perturbations are computed on the horizon.
Second law from the Noether current on null hypersurfaces
Antoine Rignon-Bret
I study the balance law equation of surface charges in the presence of background fields. The construction allows a unified description of Noether's theorem for both global and loc…
Wald-Zoupas prescription with (soft) anomalies
Gloria Odak, Antoine Rignon-Bret, Simone Speziale
We show that the Wald-Zoupas prescription for gravitational charges is valid in the presence of anomalies and field-dependent diffeomorphism, but only if these are related to one a…
Black to white transition of a charged black hole
Antoine Rignon-Bret, Carlo Rovelli
We present an exact solution of the Maxwell-Einstein equations, which describes the exterior of a charged spherical mass collapsing into its own trapping horizon and then bouncing…
Thermodynamics of light emission
Antoine Rignon-Bret
Some interactions between classical or quantum fields and matter are known to be irreversible processes. Here we associate an entropy to the electromagnetic field from well-known n…
Thermodynamics of precision in quantum nano-machines
Antoine Rignon-Bret, Giacomo Guarnieri, John Goold +1
Fluctuations strongly affect the dynamics and functionality of nanoscale thermal machines. Recent developments in stochastic thermodynamics have shown that fluctuations in many far…