Energy of a free Brownian particle coupled to thermal vacuum

Abstract Experimentalists have come to temperatures very close to absolute zero at which physics that was once ordinary becomes extraordinary. In such a regime quantum effects and fluctuations start to play a dominant role. In this context we study the simplest open quantum system, namely, a free qu...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:eeac568eb6ca430ab6490d6613f89c732021-12-02T14:03:58ZEnergy of a free Brownian particle coupled to thermal vacuum10.1038/s41598-021-83617-y2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/eeac568eb6ca430ab6490d6613f89c732021-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83617-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Experimentalists have come to temperatures very close to absolute zero at which physics that was once ordinary becomes extraordinary. In such a regime quantum effects and fluctuations start to play a dominant role. In this context we study the simplest open quantum system, namely, a free quantum Brownian particle coupled to thermal vacuum, i.e. thermostat in the limiting case of absolute zero temperature. We analyze the average energy $$E=E(c)$$ E = E ( c ) of the particle from a weak to strong interaction strength c between the particle and thermal vacuum. The impact of various dissipation mechanisms is considered. In the weak coupling regime the energy tends to zero as $$E(c) \sim c\, \ln {(1/c)}$$ E ( c ) ∼ c ln ( 1 / c ) while in the strong coupling regime it diverges to infinity as $$E(c) \sim \sqrt{c}$$ E ( c ) ∼ c . We demonstrate it for selected examples of the dissipation mechanisms defined by the memory kernel $$\gamma (t)$$ γ ( t ) of the Generalized Langevin Equation. We reveal how at a fixed value of c the energy E(c) depends on the dissipation model: one has to compare values of the derivative $$\gamma '(t)$$ γ ′ ( t ) of the dissipation function $$\gamma (t)$$ γ ( t ) at time $$t=0$$ t = 0 or at the memory time $$t=\tau _c$$ t = τ c which characterizes the degree of non-Markovianity of the Brownian particle dynamics. The impact of low temperature is also presented.J. SpiechowiczJ. ŁuczkaNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
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J. Spiechowicz
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Energy of a free Brownian particle coupled to thermal vacuum
description Abstract Experimentalists have come to temperatures very close to absolute zero at which physics that was once ordinary becomes extraordinary. In such a regime quantum effects and fluctuations start to play a dominant role. In this context we study the simplest open quantum system, namely, a free quantum Brownian particle coupled to thermal vacuum, i.e. thermostat in the limiting case of absolute zero temperature. We analyze the average energy $$E=E(c)$$ E = E ( c ) of the particle from a weak to strong interaction strength c between the particle and thermal vacuum. The impact of various dissipation mechanisms is considered. In the weak coupling regime the energy tends to zero as $$E(c) \sim c\, \ln {(1/c)}$$ E ( c ) ∼ c ln ( 1 / c ) while in the strong coupling regime it diverges to infinity as $$E(c) \sim \sqrt{c}$$ E ( c ) ∼ c . We demonstrate it for selected examples of the dissipation mechanisms defined by the memory kernel $$\gamma (t)$$ γ ( t ) of the Generalized Langevin Equation. We reveal how at a fixed value of c the energy E(c) depends on the dissipation model: one has to compare values of the derivative $$\gamma '(t)$$ γ ′ ( t ) of the dissipation function $$\gamma (t)$$ γ ( t ) at time $$t=0$$ t = 0 or at the memory time $$t=\tau _c$$ t = τ c which characterizes the degree of non-Markovianity of the Brownian particle dynamics. The impact of low temperature is also presented.
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author J. Spiechowicz
J. Łuczka
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J. Łuczka
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title Energy of a free Brownian particle coupled to thermal vacuum
title_short Energy of a free Brownian particle coupled to thermal vacuum
title_full Energy of a free Brownian particle coupled to thermal vacuum
title_fullStr Energy of a free Brownian particle coupled to thermal vacuum
title_full_unstemmed Energy of a free Brownian particle coupled to thermal vacuum
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