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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 p(t)p(t) evolved as iterative map, p(t)=M(t)p(tΔt)p(t) = \mathbb{M}(t) p(t- \Delta t) under detail balanced transition matrix M(t)\mathbb{M}(t), and (2) the invariant phase density π(t)=M(t)π(t)\pi(t) = \mathbb{M}(t)^{\infty} \pi(t) . A virtual measurement protocol is employed, where variational entropy is zero, generating exact expressions for irreversible entropy change in terms of the Jeffreys measure, J(t)=Γ[p(t)π(t)]ln\bfracp(t)π(t)\mathcal{J}(t) = \sum_{\Gamma} [p(t) - \pi(t)] \ln \bfrac{p(t)}{\pi(t)}, and for reversible entropy change in terms of the Kullbach-Leibler measure, DKL(t)=Γπ(0)ln\bfracπ(0)π(t)\mathcal{D}_{KL}(t) = \sum_{\Gamma} \pi(0) \ln \bfrac{\pi(0)}{\pi(t)}. Five properties of J\mathcal{J} 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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