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Work distribution for the driven harmonic oscillator with time-dependent strength: exact solution and slow driving
We study the work distribution of a single particle moving in a harmonic oscillator with time-dependent strength.This simple system has a non-Gaussian work distribution with exponential tails.The time evolution of the corresponding moment generating function is given by two coupled ordinary differential equations that are solved numerically.Based on this result …