Can the macroscopic fluctuation theory be quantized?
Denis Bernard
Abstract
Abstract The macroscopic fluctuation theory (MFT) is an effective framework to describe transports and their fluctuations in classical out-of-equilibrium diffusive systems. Whether the MFT may be extended to the quantum realm and which form this extension may take is yet terra incognita but is a timely question. In this short introductory review, I discuss possible questions that a quantum version of the MFT could address and how analysing quantum simple exclusion processes yields pieces of answers to these questions.
Topics & Concepts
QuantumStatistical physicsPhysicsTheoretical physicsSimple (philosophy)Quantum mechanicsQuantum probabilityLimit (mathematics)Quantum fluctuationExtension (predicate logic)Measure (data warehouse)Quantum processQuantum dissipationRealmMathematicsComputer scienceQuantum systemLimitingOpen quantum systemQuantization (signal processing)Classical limitQuantum operationAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanicsstochastic dynamics and bifurcationQuantum Mechanics and Applications