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Area of Science:

  • Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics
  • Non-equilibrium Systems
  • Quantum Control

Background:

  • Systems deviating from equilibrium can be controlled to reach equilibrium in finite time.
  • Shortcut-to-equilibrium protocols manipulate systems, often reducing relaxation timescales.
  • Analytical solutions for work, heat, and entropy distributions in these protocols are scarce.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a generalizable two-step protocol for shortcut-to-equilibrium processes.
  • To derive analytical solutions for thermodynamic probability distributions (work, heat, entropy).
  • To investigate universal behaviors in the limit of very short protocol durations.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a simplified two-step control protocol.
  • Analytical derivation of probability distributions for thermodynamic quantities.
  • Analysis of system behavior for protocol durations much shorter than relaxation time (t_f ≪ τ_relax).

Main Results:

  • The proposed two-step protocol yields analytical solutions for work, heat, and entropy distributions.
  • Evidence of universal behavior is found for the ratio of probability distributions of positive and negative work, heat, and produced entropy.
  • This universality emerges in the regime of very short protocol durations (t_f ≪ τ_relax).

Conclusions:

  • The study provides a tractable model for analyzing shortcut-to-equilibrium protocols.
  • Analytical results for thermodynamic quantities are achievable, offering deeper insights.
  • Universal scaling laws govern short-time dynamics, simplifying the understanding of non-equilibrium processes.