Quantum Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy and Pesin relation
Statistical Mechanics
2021-06-30 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Quantum Physics
Abstract
We discuss a quantum Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy defined as the entropy production per unit time resulting from coupling the system to a weak, auxiliary bath. The expressions we obtain are fully quantum, but require that the system is such that there is a separation between the Ehrenfest and the correlation timescales. We show that they reduce to the classical definition in the semiclassical limit, one instance where this separation holds. We show a quantum (Pesin) relation between this entropy and the sum of positive eigenvalues of a matrix describing phase-space expansion. Generalizations to the case where entropy grows sublinearly with time are possible.
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@article{arxiv.2010.06068,
title = {Quantum Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy and Pesin relation},
author = {Tomer Goldfriend and Jorge Kurchan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.06068},
year = {2021}
}