Nonlinear quantum evolution equations to model irreversible adiabatic relaxation with maximal entropy production and other nonunitary processes

DOI10.1016/S0034-4877(09)90024-6zbMath1204.81105arXiv0907.1977MaRDI QIDQ963210

Gian Paolo Beretta

Publication date: 8 April 2010

Published in: Reports on Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0907.1977

zbMATH Keywords

entropyirreversibilityquantum thermodynamicssteepest entropy ascentmaximum entropy production principlenonlinear quantum dynamicsOnsager reciprocal relations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum dynamics and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C10) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22)

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