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Ergotropic and passive contributions on the phase-space information geometry of Gaussian states
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Authors: Ivan Medina, Camila Raupp, Pedro B. Melo, Diogo O. Soares-Pinto
Year
2026
Paper ID
72979
Status
Preprint
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We establish a direct connection between quantum thermodynamics and information geometry by introducing an ergotropic decomposition of the Wigner-Fisher information for Gaussian quantum states. We derive an analytical expression for the Wigner-Fisher information in terms of the phase-space covariance matrix and mean vector, and show that it naturally separates into passive and ergotropic contributions. The passive term is shown to be entirely determined by the Wigner entropy rate of the associated passive state. The ergotropic contribution, in turn, quantifies how displacement and squeezing resources modify the statistical velocity and length of the system trajectory in phase space. As an application, we analyze the recently proposed ergotropic Mpemba effect and demonstrate that it can be traced to the anomalous geometric evolution of the passive state associated with squeezed thermal states. Our results reveal how the extractable work stored in a quantum state constrains its information-geometric structure, establishing a framework that links ergotropy, entropy production rate, and statistical geometry in continuous-variable quantum systems.
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