TY - JOUR T1 - A Quantum Model for an Entropic Spring JF - Physical Review B Y1 - 2016 A1 - Chiao-Hsuan Wang A1 - J. M. Taylor AB -

Motivated by understanding the emergence of thermodynamic restoring forces and oscillations, we develop a quantum-mechanical model of a bath of spins coupled to the elasticity of a material. We show our model reproduces the behavior of a variety of entropic springs while enabling investigation of non-equilibrium resonator states in the quantum domain. We find our model emerges naturally in disordered elastic media such as glasses, and is an additional, expected effect in systems with anomalous specific heat and 1/f noise at low temperatures due to two-level systems that fluctuate.

VL - 93 U4 - 214102 UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/1507.08658v1 CP - 21 U5 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.214102 ER -