Quantum work relations and response theory.
A universal quantum work relation is proved for isolated time-dependent Hamiltonian systems in a magnetic field as the consequence of microreversibility. This relation involves a functional of an arbitrary observable. The quantum Jarzynski equality is recovered in the case this observable vanishes. The Green-Kubo formula and the Casimir-Onsager reciprocity relations are deduced thereof in the linear response regime.
Andrieux
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Center for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Plaine, Brussels, Belgium.
Gaspard
Pierre
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