Entropy production and the arrow of time

We present an exact relationship between the entropy production and the distinguishability of a process from its time-reverse, quantified by the relative entropy between forward and backward states. The relationship is shown to remain valid for a wide family of initial conditions, such as canonical, constrained canonical, multi-canonical and grand canonical distributions, as well as both for classical and quantum systems.

Jaar van publicatie:2009

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Auteurs:International

Authors from:Higher Education

Toegankelijkheid:Open