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Classical and quantum harmonic mean-field models coupled intensively and extensively with external baths

Francesco Andreucci
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Stefano Lepri
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Stefano Ruffo
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Andrea Trombettoni
2022
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SCIPOST PHYSICS CORE
Abstract
We study the nonequilibrium steady-state of a fully-coupled network of N quantum harmonic oscillators, interacting with two thermal reservoirs. Given the long-range nature of the couplings, we consider two setups: one in which the number of particles coupled to the baths is fixed (intensive coupling) and one in which it is proportional to the size N (extensive coupling). In both cases, we compute analytically the heat fluxes and the kinetic temperature distributions using the nonequilibrium Green's function approach, both in the classical and quantum regimes. In the large N limit, we derive the asymptotic expressions of both quantities as a function of N and the temperature difference between the baths. We discuss a peculiar feature of the model, namely that the bulk temperature vanishes in the thermodynamic limit, due to a decoupling of the dynamics of the inner part of the system from the baths. At variance with the usual case, this implies that the steady-state depends on the initial state of the bulk particles. We also show that quantum effects are relevant only below a characteristic temperature that vanishes as 1/N. In the quantum low-temperature regime the energy flux is proportional to the universal quantum of thermal conductance.
DOI
10.21468/scipostphyscore.5.3.036
WOS
WOS:000853262100002
Archivio
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11767/132030
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85135594364
https://www.scipost.org/SciPostPhysCore.5.3.036?acad_field_slug=astronomy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.11580
https://ricerca.unityfvg.it/handle/20.500.11767/132030
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