activity
20242026
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6 papers

cond-mat.stat-mech2026

Extending Covariant Fluctuation Theorems into Quantum Regime through Quasiprobability Approach

Ji-Hui Pei, Tingzhang Shi, Jin-Fu Chen +1

The covariant formulation of stochastic thermodynamics requires treating the stochastic work as a 4-vector, posing significant challenges for quantum systems due to the non-commuta…

cond-mat.stat-mech2026

Novel dynamics for an inertial polar tracer in an active bath

Jing-Bo Zeng, Ji-Hui Pei

A polar tracer immersed in an active bath is known to be propelled forward and therefore activated. Here we report that the induced dynamics of an inertial tracer can be much riche…

cond-mat.stat-mech2025

Transfer of active motion from medium to probe via the induced friction and noise

Ji-Hui Pei, Christian Maes

Can activity be transmitted from smaller to larger scales? We report on such a transfer from a homogeneous active medium to a Newtonian spherical probe. The active medium consists…

cond-mat.stat-mech2025

Coupling an elastic string to an active bath: the emergence of inverse damping

Aaron Beyen, Christian Maes, Ji-Hui Pei

We consider a slow elastic string with Klein-Gordon dynamics coupled to a bath of run-and-tumble particles. We derive and solve the induced Langevin-Klein-Gordon string dynamics wi…

cond-mat.stat-mech2025

Promoting Fluctuation Theorems into Covariant Forms

Ji-Hui Pei, Jin-Fu Chen, H. T. Quan

The principle of covariance, a cornerstone of modern physics, asserts the equivalence of all inertial frames of reference. Fluctuation theorems, as extensions of the second law of…

cond-mat.stat-mech2024

The induced friction on a probe moving in a nonequilibrium medium

Ji-Hui Pei, Christian Maes

Using a powerful combination of projection-operator method and path-space response theory, we derive the fluctuation dynamics of a slow inertial probe coupled to a steady nonequili…