New in PRL: Experimental Irreversible Entropy Production

19.10.2018

A joint venture that grew out of the collaboration between Belfast (Theory), Zürich (BEC in cavity) and Vienna (Cavity Optomechanics).

We measure the entropy produced irreversibly in our non-equilibrium systems. This work paves the way to a systematic experimental assessment of entropy in mesoscopic systems.

 

Publication:

Experimental determination of irreversible entropy production in out-of-equilibrium mesoscopic quantum systems, Synopsis - Editors Suggestion
M. Brunelli, L. Fusco, R. Landig, W. Wieczorek, J. Hoelscher-Obermaier, G. Landi, F. L. Semião, A. Ferraro, N. Kiesel, T. Donner, G. De Chiara, and M. Paternostro
Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 160604, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.160604.