On entropy production (Q952584)

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    On entropy production
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5365200

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      On entropy production (English)
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      12 November 2008
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      The paper's methodology traces back to Prigogine's theory of irreversible systems and an issue of irreversible time evolution in Onsager's formulation. The super-operator technique is developed, based on earlier papers of the present Author, with the aim of reconciling the conceptual background of an irreversible dynamics with principles of standard equilibrium thermodynamics, expected to be valid in the large time asymptotic of an evolution of a (quantum) system interacting with a thermal environment. The role of properly defined Lyapunov function is elucidated. The entropy production in the vicinity of equilibrium is investigated and a general version of the minimum entropy principle (according to Prigogine) is given.
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      non-equilibrium dynamics
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      irreversible evolution
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      open quantum systems
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      variational principles
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      Lyapunov function
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      entropy
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      minimum entropy porduction
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      super-operator method
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