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Thermal conductance of a two-level atom coupled to two quantum harmonic oscillators
Pedro H Guimarães1, Gabriel T Landi1, Mário J de Oliveira1
1Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, 1371, 05508-090 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract:
We have determined the thermal conductance of a system consisting of a two-level atom coupled to two quantum harmonic oscillators in contact with heat reservoirs at distinct temperatures. The calculation of the heat flux as well as the atomic population and the rate of entropy production are obtained by the use of a quantum Fokker-Planck-Kramers equation and by a Lindblad master equation. The calculations are performed for small values of the coupling constant. The results coming from both approaches show that the conductance is proportional to the coupling constant squared and that, at high temperatures, it is proportional to the inverse of temperature.
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