title: Derivation of quantum work equalities using a quantum Feynman-Kac formula.
abstract: On the basis of a quantum mechanical analog of the famous Feynman-Kac formula, we present a method to derive nonequilibrium work equalities for isolated quantum systems, which include the Jarzynski equality and Bochkov-Kuzovlev equality. Compared with other methods in the literature, our method shows a higher similarity in form to the method deriving the fluctuation relations in the classical systems.
authors.affiliation: School of Physics and Nuclear Energy Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China. feiliu@buaa.edu.cn
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004735:Energy Transfer; D008956:Models, Chemical; D011789:Quantum Theory