The third law of thermodynamics in open quantum systems

Shastry, Abhay; Xu, Yiheng; Stafford, Charles A.

doi:10.1063/1.5100182

Title: The third law of thermodynamics in open quantum systems

Journal Article · Tue Aug 13 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Journal of Chemical Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5100182· OSTI ID:1610889

Shastry, Abhay ^[1]; Xu, Yiheng ^[2];

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Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States); Univ. of Toronto, ON (Canada)
Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States); Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States)

In this work, we consider open quantum systems consisting of a finite system of independent fermions with arbitrary Hamiltonian coupled to one or more equilibrium fermion reservoirs (which need not be in equilibrium with each other). A strong form of the third law of thermodynamics, S(T) → 0 as T → 0, is proven for fully open quantum systems in thermal equilibrium with their environment, defined as systems where all states are broadened due to environmental coupling. For generic open quantum systems, it is shown that S(T) → g ln 2 as T → 0, where g is the number of localized states lying exactly at the chemical potential of the reservoir. For driven open quantum systems in a nonequilibrium steady state, it is shown that the local entropy S(x;T)→0 as T(x) → 0, except for cases of measure zero arising due to localized states, where T(x) is the temperature measured by a local thermometer.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0006699

OSTI ID:: 1610889

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1557022

Journal Information:: Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 151, Issue 6; ISSN 0021-9606

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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