Quantifying entanglement in quantum thermodynamics via separability constraints
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Quantum Physics arXiv:2603.17078 (quant-ph) [Submitted on 17 Mar 2026] Title:Quantifying entanglement in quantum thermodynamics via separability constraints Authors:Joan Alba, Laura Ares, Jan Sperling, Julien Pinske View a PDF of the paper titled Quantifying entanglement in quantum thermodynamics via separability constraints, by Joan Alba and 3 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:The role of quantum entanglement in thermodynamical systems remains elusive. Does entanglement result in thermodynamic advantages or does it impose fundamental limitations? Here, we unambiguously quantify the amount of heat and work in a quantum system that is due to the presence of entanglement. This is achieved by constraining the system's non-equilibrium dynamics to separable states, thereby isolating the impact entanglement has on thermodynamic effects. Unlike thermodynamic entanglement measures, which signify a loose connection between entanglement and thermodynamic properties, imposing a constraint constitutes an active intervention into a system -- answering how much of a system's thermodynamics is caused by (not correlated with) its quantumness. We benchmark our theory by applying the constrained dynamics to several multipartite systems, including quantum batteries and quantum refrigerators. Comments: Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph) Cite as: arXiv:2603.17078 [quant-ph] (or arXiv:2603.17078v1 [quant-ph] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2603.17078 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration) Submission history From: Joan Alba [view email] [v1] Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:05:22 UTC (6,514 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Quantifying entanglement in quantum thermodynamics via separability constraints, by Joan Alba and 3 other authorsView PDFHTML (experimental)TeX Source view license Current browse context: quant-ph new | recent | 2026-03 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?) Links to Code Toggle Papers with Code (What is Papers with Code?) 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?)