Title of article :
Quantum entropy production as a measure of irreversibility
Author/Authors :
Callens، نويسنده , , I and De Roeck، نويسنده , , W and Jacobs، نويسنده , , T and Maes، نويسنده , , C and Neto?n?، نويسنده , , K، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2004
Abstract :
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.
Keywords :
Quantum systems , Entropy production , Time-reversal
Journal title :
Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena
Journal title :
Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena