scholarly journals Effect of Inter-System Coupling on Heat Transport in a Microscopic Collision Model

Entropy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 471
Author(s):  
Feng Tian ◽  
Jian Zou ◽  
Lei Li ◽  
Hai Li ◽  
Bin Shao
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transport ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Interaction Strength ◽  
Quantum Correlations ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Rectification Effect ◽  
Thermal Rectification ◽  
Collision Model ◽  
System Environment ◽  
System Coupling

In this paper we consider a bipartite system composed of two subsystems each coupled to its own thermal environment. Based on a collision model, we mainly study whether the approximation (i.e., the inter-system coupling is ignored when modeling the system–environment interaction) is valid or not. We also address the problem of heat transport unitedly for both excitation-conserving system–environment interactions and non-excitation-conserving system–environment interactions. For the former interaction, as the inter-system interaction strength increases, at first this approximation gets worse as expected, but then counter-intuitively gets better even for a stronger inter-system coupling. For the latter interaction with asymmetry, this approximation gets progressively worse. In this case we realize a perfect thermal rectification, and we cannot find an apparent rectification effect for the former interaction. Finally and more importantly, our results show that whether this approximation is valid or not is closely related to the quantum correlations between the subsystems, i.e., the weaker the quantum correlations, the more justified the approximation and vice versa.

Effects of static noise on the dynamics of quantum correlations for a system of three qubits

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (08) ◽  
pp. 1750046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tenemeza Kenfack Lionel ◽  
Tchoffo Martin ◽  
Fouokeng Georges Collince ◽  
Lukong Cornelius Fai
Keyword(s):  
Open Quantum Systems ◽  
Quantum Correlations ◽  
Entangled State ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Initial State ◽  
Text Type ◽  
System Environment ◽  
Entanglement Witnesses ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Static Noise

Correlations in open quantum systems exhibit peculiar phenomena under the effect of various sources of noise. Here, we investigate the dynamics of entanglement and quantum discord (QD) for three noninteracting qubits coupled with a classical environmental static noise characterized by an external random field. Two initial entangled states of the system are examined, namely, the GHZ- and [Formula: see text]-type states. The system-environment interaction is here analyzed in three different configurations, namely, independent, mixed and common environments. We find that the dynamics of quantum correlations are strongly affected by the type of system-environment interaction and the purity of the initial entangled state. Indeed, depending on the type of interaction and the value of the purity of the initial state, peculiar phenomena such as sudden death, revivals and long-time survival of quantum correlations are observed. On the other hand, our results clearly show that quantum correlations initially present in the [Formula: see text]-type states are less robust than those of the GHZ-type states. Furthermore, we find that the long-time survival of entanglement can be detected by means of the suitable entanglement witnesses.

scholarly journals Universal relations for ultracold reactive molecules

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (51) ◽  
pp. eabd4699
Author(s):  
Mingyuan He ◽  
Chenwei Lv ◽  
Hai-Qing Lin ◽  
Qi Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Critical Role ◽  
Interaction Strength ◽  
Quantum Correlations ◽  
Polar Molecules ◽  
Many Body ◽  
Density Correlation ◽  
Ultracold Polar Molecules ◽  
Unexplored Area ◽  
Many Body Systems

The realization of ultracold polar molecules in laboratories has pushed physics and chemistry to new realms. In particular, these polar molecules offer scientists unprecedented opportunities to explore chemical reactions in the ultracold regime where quantum effects become profound. However, a key question about how two-body losses depend on quantum correlations in interacting many-body systems remains open so far. Here, we present a number of universal relations that directly connect two-body losses to other physical observables, including the momentum distribution and density correlation functions. These relations, which are valid for arbitrary microscopic parameters, such as the particle number, the temperature, and the interaction strength, unfold the critical role of contacts, a fundamental quantity of dilute quantum systems, in determining the reaction rate of quantum reactive molecules in a many-body environment. Our work opens the door to an unexplored area intertwining quantum chemistry; atomic, molecular, and optical physics; and condensed matter physics.

Application of physiological understanding in soybean improvement. I. Understanding phenological constraints to adaptation and yield potential

2011 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Lawn ◽  
A. T. James
Keyword(s):  
Seed Yield ◽  
Environmental Control ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Sowing Date ◽  
Companion Paper ◽  
Interaction Effects ◽  
Yield Potential ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Sowing Dates ◽  
Eastern Australia

The purpose of this paper and its companion1 is to describe how, in eastern Australia, soybean improvement, in terms of both breeding and agronomy, has been informed and influenced over the past four decades by physiological understanding of the environmental control of phenology. This first paper describes how initial attempts to grow soybean in eastern Australia, using varieties and production practices from the southern USA, met with limited success due to large variety × environment interaction effects on seed yield. In particular, there were large variety × location, variety × sowing date, and variety × sowing date × density effects. These various interaction effects were ultimately explained in terms of the effects of photo-thermal environment on the phenology of different varieties, and the consequences for radiation interception, dry matter production, harvest index, and seed yield. This knowledge enabled the formulation of agronomic practices to optimise sowing date and planting arrangement to suit particular varieties, and underpinned the establishment of commercial production in south-eastern Queensland in the early 1970s. It also influenced the establishment and operation over the next three decades of several separate breeding programs, each targeting phenological adaptation to specific latitudinal regions of eastern Australia. This paper also describes how physiological developments internationally, particularly the discovery of the long juvenile trait and to a lesser extent the semi-dwarf ideotype, subsequently enabled an approach to be conceived for broadening the phenological adaptation of soybeans across latitudes and sowing dates. The application of this approach, and its outcomes in terms of varietal improvement, agronomic management, and the structure of the breeding program, are described in the companion paper.

Heat controlling in the mass-graded harmonic lattices with double-well on-site potential

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (20) ◽  
pp. 1850217
Author(s):  
Peng Kong ◽  
Zhengzheng Wei ◽  
Tao Hu ◽  
Yi Tang
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Power Spectrum ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Heat Transport ◽  
Nonequilibrium Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Thermal Rectification ◽  
Average Temperature ◽  
New Type ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

Using nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations, we investigate thermal rectification in mass-graded lattices with a new type on-site potential which has a physical picture of the double-well. By adjusting the ratio of harmonic on-site potential and anharmonic on-site potential, we could obtain the optimal heat transport and the best thermal rectification. In addition, we observe the reversal thermal rectification by changing the ratio of on-site potential and analyzes the mechanism of thermal rectification through the power spectrum. At last, we also study the heat flux and thermal rectification in a different case of average temperature and mass gradient.

scholarly journals Photonic simulation of system-environment interaction: Non-Markovian processes and dynamical decoupling

2013 ◽  
Vol 88 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang-Ling Zou ◽  
Xiang-Dong Chen ◽  
Xiao Xiong ◽  
Fang-Wen Sun ◽  
Xu-Bo Zou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Dynamical Decoupling ◽  
System Environment ◽  
Markovian Processes

scholarly journals Generation of Quantum Correlations in Bipartite Gaussian Open Quantum Systems

2018 ◽  
Vol 173 ◽  
pp. 01006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurelian Isar
Keyword(s):  
Open Systems ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Open Quantum Systems ◽  
Quantum Correlations ◽  
Quantum Systems ◽  
Thermal Bath ◽  
Initial State ◽  
Entanglement Generation ◽  
Strength Of Interaction ◽  
Zero Values

We describe the generation of quantum correlations (entanglement, discord and steering) in a system composed of two coupled non-resonant bosonic modes immersed in a common thermal reservoir, in the framework of the theory of open systems. We show that for separable initial squeezed thermal states entanglement generation may take place, for definite values of squeezing parameter, average photon numbers, temperature of the thermal bath, dissipation constant and strength of interaction between the two bosonic modes. We also show that for initial uni-modal squeezed states Gaussian discord can be generated for all non-zero values of the strength of interaction between the modes. Likewise, for an initial separable state, a generation of Gaussian steering may take place temporarily, for definite values of the parameters characterizing the initial state and the thermal environment, and the strength of coupling between the two modes.

scholarly journals Efficient simulation of non-Markovian system-environment interaction

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 023035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Rosenbach ◽  
Javier Cerrillo ◽  
Susana F Huelga ◽  
Jianshu Cao ◽  
Martin B Plenio
Keyword(s):  
Environment Interaction ◽  
System Environment ◽  
Efficient Simulation ◽  
Markovian System

scholarly journals Decoherence and pointer states in small antiferromagnets: A benchmark test

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hylke Donker ◽  
Hans De Raedt ◽  
Mikhail Katsnelson
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Measurement ◽  
The Self ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Benchmark Test ◽  
System Environment ◽  
Preferred Basis ◽  
Measurement Limit ◽  
Pointer States ◽  
Decoherence Process

We study the decoherence process of a four spin-1/2 antiferromagnet that is coupled to an environment of spin-1/2 particles. The preferred basis of the antiferromagnet is discussed in two limiting cases and we identify two exact pointer states. Decoherence near the two limits is examined whereby entropy is used to quantify the robustness of states against environmental coupling. We find that close to the quantum measurement limit, the self-Hamiltonian of the system of interest can become dynamically relevant on macroscopic timescales. We illustrate this point by explicitly constructing a state that is more robust than (generic) states diagonal in the system-environment interaction Hamiltonian.

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