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On entropy production of repeated quantum measurements I. General theory

Mathematical Physics 2017-08-02 v2 Dynamical Systems math.MP Probability Quantum Physics

Abstract

We study entropy production (EP) in processes involving repeated quantum measurements of finite quantum systems. Adopting a dynamical system approach, we develop a thermodynamic formalism for the EP and study fine aspects of irreversibility related to the hypothesis testing of the arrow of time. Under a suitable chaoticity assumption, we establish a Large Deviation Principle and a Fluctuation Theorem for the EP.

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@article{arxiv.1607.00162,
  title  = {On entropy production of repeated quantum measurements I. General theory},
  author = {Tristan Benoist and Vojkan Jaksic and Yan Pautrat and Claude-Alain Pillet},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.00162},
  year   = {2017}
}