Abstract
We develop the full counting statistics of dissipated heat to explore the relation with Landauer's principle. Combining the two-time measurement protocol for the reconstruction of the statistics of heat with the minimal set of assumptions for Landauer's principle to hold, we derive a general one-parameter family of upper and lower bounds on the mean dissipated heat from a system to its environment. Furthermore, we establish a connection with the degree of non-unitality of the system's dynamics and show that, if a large deviation function exists as stationary limit of the above cumulant generating function, then our family of lower and upper bounds can be used to witness and understand first-order dynamical phase transitions. For the purpose of demonstration, we apply these bounds to an externally pumped three level system coupled to a finite sized thermal environment.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 103038 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | New Journal of Physics |
Volume | 19 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 01 Nov 2017 |
Keywords
- dynamical phase transitions
- Landauers bound
- large deviation theory
- open quantum systems
- quantum thermodynamics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy