Quantum entropy production as a measure of irreversibility
| dc.creator | Callens, I. | |
| dc.creator | De Roeck, W. | |
| dc.creator | Jacobs, T. | |
| dc.creator | Maes, C. | |
| dc.creator | Netocny, K. | |
| dc.date | 2002-11-13 | |
| dc.date | 2003-04-08 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:48:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:48:10Z | |
| dc.description | We consider conservative quantum evolutions possibly interrupted by macroscopic measurements. When started in a nonequilibrium state, the resulting path-space measure is not time-reversal invariant and the weight of time-reversal breaking equals the exponential of the entropy production. The mean entropy production can then be expressed via a relative entropy on the level of histories. This gives a partial extension of the result for classical systems, that the entropy production is given by the source term of time-reversal breaking in the path-space measure. | |
| dc.description | 11 pages | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0211252 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0211252 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/20291 | |
| dc.subject | Statistical Mechanics | |
| dc.title | Quantum entropy production as a measure of irreversibility | |
| dc.type | text |