Microscopic diagonal entropy and its connection to basic thermodynamic relations

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2010.08.004zbMATH Open1211.82023arXiv0806.2862OpenAlexW2023333187MaRDI QIDQ627662FDOQ627662

Anatoli Polkovnikov

Publication date: 3 March 2011

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We define a diagonal entropy (d-entropy) for an arbitrary Hamiltonian system as $S_d=-su{m}_{n}h{o}_{nn}lnh{o}_{nn}$ with the sum taken over the basis of instantaneous energy states. In equilibrium this entropy coincides with the conventional von Neumann entropy $S_n=-mTr,holnho$. However, in contrast to $S_n$, the d-entropy is not conserved in time in closed Hamiltonian systems. If the system is initially in stationary state then in accord with the second law of thermodynamics the d-entropy can only increase or stay the same. We also show that the d-entropy can be expressed through the energy distribution function and thus it is measurable, at least in principle. Under very generic assumptions of the locality of the Hamiltonian and non-integrability the d-entropy becomes a unique function of the average energy in large systems and automatically satisfies the fundamental thermodynamic relation. This relation reduces to the first law of thermodynamics for quasi-static processes. The d-entropy is also automatically conserved for adiabatic processes. We illustrate our results with explicit examples and show that $S_d$ behaves consistently with expectations from thermodynamics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0806.2862

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zbMATH Keywords

Hamiltonian systemsstatistical mechanicsthermodynamicsquantum dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical thermodynamics (82B30)

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