TY  - JOUR
A1  - Abiuso, Paolo
A1  - Holubec, Viktor
A1  - Anders, Janet
A1  - Ye, Zhuolin
A1  - Cerisola, Federico
A1  - Perarnau-Llobet, Marti
T1  - Thermodynamics and optimal protocols of multidimensional quadratic Brownian systems
T2  - Journal of physics communications
N2  - We characterize finite-time thermodynamic processes of multidimensional quadratic overdamped systems. 
Analytic expressions are provided for heat, work, and dissipation for any evolution of the system covariance matrix. 
The Bures-Wasserstein metric between covariance matrices naturally emerges as the local quantifier of dissipation. 
General principles of how to apply these geometric tools to identify optimal protocols are discussed. 
Focusing on the relevant slow-driving limit, we show how these results can be used to analyze cases in which the experimental control over the system is partial.
KW  - stochastic thermodynamics
KW  - thermodynamic control
KW  - thermodynamic length
KW  - overdamped brownian systems
Y1  - 2022
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/64192
SN  - 2399-6528
VL  - 6
IS  - 6
PB  - IOP Publ. Ltd.
CY  - Bristol
ER  -