Noise is not always detrimental: the capacity of quantum batteries is enhanced in black holes
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Quantum Physics arXiv:2604.05325 (quant-ph) [Submitted on 7 Apr 2026] Title:Noise is not always detrimental: the capacity of quantum batteries is enhanced in black holes Authors:Xukun Wang, Xiaofen Huang, Zhihao Ma, Shao-Ming Fei, Tinggui Zhang View a PDF of the paper titled Noise is not always detrimental: the capacity of quantum batteries is enhanced in black holes, by Xukun Wang and 4 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Quantum battery capacity, as a critical metric for quantifying energy storage and release in quantum systems, exhibits complex behaviors in curved spacetime and noisy environments. This study focuses on bipartite mixed state, aiming to explore the modulation of quantum battery capacity by Hawking radiation and environmental noise. We find a counterintuitive phenomenon that Hawking radiation can enhance battery capacity, exerting a positive influence on energy storage, a result that stands in stark contrast to the detrimental effects typically associated with entanglement and coherence. When a quantum battery is simultaneously subjected to environmental noise and Hawking radiation, its capacity generally degrades, with the extent of degradation depending on the type of noise. The charging and discharging behaviors largely follow the same patterns observed in the noiseless scenario; however, under a bit flip channel with strong noise intensity, the charging-discharging pattern reverses. In the extreme case of maximum noise intensity, the capacity of the quantum battery under depolarizing noise tends to zero. The underlying physical mechanism lies in the fact that the bit flip channel disrupts the original population distribution of energy levels, thereby altering the average energy of the system and establishing a perturbative environment for bidirectional energy exchange. This differs fundamentally from the phase flip channel. These findings offer a new perspective for the theory of quantum batteries in noninertial reference frames. Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph) Cite as: arXiv:2604.05325 [quant-ph] (or arXiv:2604.05325v1 [quant-ph] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.05325 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration) Submission history From: Xiaofen Huang [view email] [v1] Tue, 7 Apr 2026 01:55:15 UTC (4,801 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Noise is not always detrimental: the capacity of quantum batteries is enhanced in black holes, by Xukun Wang and 4 other authorsView PDFHTML (experimental)TeX Source view license Current browse context: quant-ph new | recent | 2026-04 References & Citations INSPIRE HEP NASA ADSGoogle Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Loading... BibTeX formatted citation × loading... Data provided by: Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv (What is alphaXiv?) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers (What is CatalyzeX?) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub (What is DagsHub?) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub (What is GotitPub?) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face (What is Huggingface?) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast (What is ScienceCast?) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate (What is Replicate?) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces (What is Spaces?) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI (What is TXYZ.AI?) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower (What are Influence Flowers?) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender (What is CORE?) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs. Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)