Equality statements for entropy change in open systems
Statistical Mechanics
2007-12-03 v1 Soft Condensed Matter
Abstract
The entropy change of a (non-equilibrium) Markovian ensemble is calculated from (1) the ensemble phase density evolved as iterative map, under detail balanced transition matrix , and (2) the invariant phase density . A virtual measurement protocol is employed, where variational entropy is zero, generating exact expressions for irreversible entropy change in terms of the Jeffreys measure, , and for reversible entropy change in terms of the Kullbach-Leibler measure, . Five properties of are discussed, and Clausius' theorem is derived.
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@article{arxiv.0711.4957,
title = {Equality statements for entropy change in open systems},
author = {John M. Robinson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.4957},
year = {2007}
}
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12 pages