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Current fluctuations in a non-additive open quantum system: breakdown of the quantum-jump approach
Ilia Khomchenko, Saulo V. Moreira, Emanuel Schwarzhans +2
Open quantum system dynamics is efficiently described by the quantum master equation formalism. Therein, quantum master equations in Lindblad form constitute an important subclass…
Approaching the Limit of Quantum Clock Precision
Chad Nelmes, Emanuel Schwarzhans, Tony Apollaro +2
Precise and autonomous clocks are of fundamental interest and central importance to both foundational studies and practical applications. Here, we construct a blueprint for a quant…
Average Equilibration Time for Gaussian Unitary Ensemble Hamiltonians
Emanuel Schwarzhans, Alessandro Candeloro, Felix C. Binder +2
Understanding equilibration times in closed quantum systems is essential for characterising their approach to equilibrium. Chaotic many-body systems are paradigmatic in this contex…
Quantum detectors as autonomous machines: assessing the nonequilibrium thermodynamics of information acquisition
Emanuel Schwarzhans, Tony J. G. Apollaro, Ilia Khomchenko +3
We formulate a minimal model of a quantum particle detector as an autonomous quantum thermal machine. Our goal is to establish how entropy production, which is needed to maintain t…
Quantum measurements and equilibration: the emergence of objective outcomes via entropy maximisation
Emanuel Schwarzhans, Felix C. Binder, Marcus Huber +1
The measurement postulate of quantum theory stands in conflict with the laws of thermodynamics and has evoked debate regarding what actually constitutes a measurement. With the hel…
Fundamental accuracy-resolution trade-off for timekeeping devices
Florian Meier, Emanuel Schwarzhans, Paul Erker +1
From a thermodynamic point of view, all clocks are driven by irreversible processes. Additionally, one can use oscillatory systems to temporally modulate the thermodynamic flux tow…
"Philosophysics" at the University of Vienna: The (pre-)history of foundations of quantum physics in the Viennese cultural context
Flavio Del Santo, Emanuel Schwarzhans
Vienna today is one of the capitals for the research on foundations of quantum physics. In this paper we reconstruct the main historical steps of the development of modern physics…
Landauer vs. Nernst: What is the True Cost of Cooling a Quantum System?
Philip Taranto, Faraj Bakhshinezhad, Andreas Bluhm +9
Thermodynamics connects our knowledge of the world to our capability to manipulate and thus to control it. This crucial role of control is exemplified by the third law of thermodyn…
Autonomous Temporal Probability Concentration: Clockworks and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Emanuel Schwarzhans, Maximilian P. E. Lock, Paul Erker +2
According to thermodynamics, the inevitable increase of entropy allows the past to be distinguished from the future. From this perspective, any clock must incorporate an irreversib…