Can the macroscopic fluctuation theory be quantized?

@article{Bernard2021CanTM,
  title={Can the macroscopic fluctuation theory be quantized?},
  author={Denis Bernard},
  journal={Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical},
  year={2021},
  volume={54}
}
  • D. Bernard
  • Published 9 July 2021
  • Physics
  • Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
The macroscopic fluctuation theory (MFT) is an effective framework to describe transports and their fluctuations in classical out-of-equilibrium diffusive systems. Whether the MFT may be extended to the quantum realm and which form this extension may take is yet terra incognita but is a timely question. In this short introductory review, I discuss possible questions that a quantum version of the MFT could address and how analysing quantum simple exclusion processes yields pieces of answers to… 
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