Entropy production in master equations and Fokker-Planck equations: facing the coarse-graining and recovering the information loss

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/AB363EzbMATH Open1457.82327arXiv1907.02709OpenAlexW2955812304MaRDI QIDQ5149461FDOQ5149461

Authors: D. M. Busiello, Amos Maritan 

Publication date: 11 February 2021

Published in: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Systems operating out of equilibrium exchange energy and matter with the environment, thus producing entropy in their surroundings. Since the entropy production depends on the current flowing throughout the system, its quantification is affected by the level of coarse-graining we adopt. In particular, it has been shown that the description of a system via a Fokker-Planck equation (FPE) lead to an underestimation of the entropy production with respect to the corresponding one in terms of microscopic transition rates. Moreover, such a correction can be derived exactly. Here we review this derivation, generalizing it when different prescriptions to derive the FPE from a Langevin equation are adopted. Then, some open problems about Gaussian transition rates and underdamped limit are discussed. In the second part of the manuscript we present a new approach to dealing with the discrepancy in entropy production due to the coarse graining by introducing enough microscopic variables to correctly estimate the entropy production within the FPE description. We show that any discrete state system can be described by making explicit the contribution of each microscopic current.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.02709

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35)

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