English
Related papers

Related papers: Fundamental relation between entropy production an…

200 papers

We evaluate entropy production in a photovoltaic cell that is modeled by four electronic levels resonantly coupled to thermally populated field modes at different temperatures. We use a formalism recently proposed, the so-called multiple…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-22 Mohammad H. Ansari

We analyze the entropy production and the maximal extractable work from a squeezed thermal reservoir. The nonequilibrium quantum nature of the reservoir induces an entropy transfer with a coherent contribution while modifying its thermal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-18 Gonzalo Manzano , Fernando Galve , Roberta Zambrini , Juan M. R. Parrondo

For chemical reaction networks described by a master equation, we define energy and entropy on a stochastic trajectory and develop a consistent nonequilibrium thermodynamic description along a single stochastic trajectory of reaction…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Tim Schmiedl , Udo Seifert

As previously demonstrated, the entropy production -- a key quantity characterizing the irreversibility of thermodynamic processes -- is related to generation of correlations between degrees of freedom of the system and its thermal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-29 Krzysztof Ptaszynski , Massimiliano Esposito

We investigate the problem of minimizing the entropy production for a physical process that can be described in terms of a Markov jump dynamics. We show that, without any further constraints, a given time-evolution may be realized at…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-02-16 Andreas Dechant

A rapid restoration of the bath state is usually required to induce Markovian dynamics for an open quantum system, which typically can be realized only in limits such as weak system-bath coupling and infinitely large bath. In this work, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-01-01 Shengshi Pang , Todd A. Brun , Andrew N. Jordan

The entropy production in dissipative processes is the essence of the arrow of time and the second law of thermodynamics. For dissipation of quantum systems, it was recently shown that the entropy production contains indeed two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-10-28 Camille L. Latune , Ilya Sinayskiy , Francesco Petruccione

The non-equilibrium process due to irreversible heat exchanges occurring during a temperature modulated differential scanning calorimetry experiment is investigated in detail. This enables us to define an experimental frequency dependent…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2008-08-21 Jean-Luc Garden , Jacques Richard , Yasuo Saruyama

This work derives a theoretical value for the entropy of a Linear Additive Markov Process (LAMP), an expressive model able to generate sequences with a given autocorrelation structure. While a first-order Markov Chain model generates new…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-10 Bridget Smart , Matthew Roughan , Lewis Mitchell

We explore a recently introduced quantum thermodynamic entropy $S^Q_{univ}$ of a pure state of a composite system-environment computational "universe" with a simple system $\mathcal{S}$ coupled to a constant temperature bath $\mathcal{E}$.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-28 Phillip C. Lotshaw , Michael E. Kellman

We perform a study on quantum entropy production, different kinds of correlations, and their interplay in the driven Caldeira-Leggett model of quantum Brownian motion. The model, taken with a large but finite number of bath modes, is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-24 Alessandra Colla , Heinz-Peter Breuer

Based on trajectory dependent path probability formalism in state space, we derive generalized entropy production fluctuation relations for a quantum system in the presence of measurement and feedback. We have obtained these results for…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-04 Shubhashis Rana , Sourabh Lahiri , A. M. Jayannavar

Understanding heat transfer between a quantum system and its environment is of undisputed importance if reliable quantum devices are to be constructed. Here, we investigate the heat transfer between system and bath in non-Markovian open…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-12 Zhao-Ming Wang , Feng-Hua Ren , Marcelo S. Sarandy , Mark S. Byrd

A living non-Newtonian matter like the cell cortex and tissues are driven out-of-equilibrium at multiple spatial and temporal scales. The stochastic dynamics of a particle embedded in such a medium are non-Markovian, given by a generalized…

Biological Physics · Physics 2020-06-30 Amit Singh Vishen

We consider optimization of the average entropy production in inhomogeneous temperature environments within the framework of stochastic thermodynamics. For systems modeled by Langevin equations (e.g. a colloidal particle in a heat bath) it…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-03-14 Stefano Bo , Erik Aurell , Ralf Eichhorn , Antonio Celani

This paper investigates the entropy production rate and time-reversibility for general jump diffusions (L\'{e}vy processes) on $\mathbb{R}^n$. We first formulate the entropy production rate and explore its associated thermodynamic relations…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-09-11 Qi Zhang , Yubin Lu

We demonstrate that the Gibbs-Shannon entropy is applicable to non-equilibrium systems of any size and boundary conditions. The change in microscopic entropy can be attributed to the stochastic nature of dynamic processes and to the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-10-13 Jianzhong Wu

This PhD thesis deals with the Markov picture of developed turbulence from the theoretical point of view. The thesis consists of two parts. The first part introduces stochastic thermodynamics, the second part aims at transferring the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-10-22 Daniel Nickelsen

Entropy production is the crucial quantity characterizing irreversible phenomena and the second law of thermodynamics. Yet, a ubiquitous definition eludes consensus. Given that entropy production arises from incomplete access to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-26 Adalberto D. Varizi , Pedro S. Correia

Using stochastic thermodynamics, the properties of interacting linear chains subject to periodic drivings are investigated. The systems are described by Fokker-Planck-Kramers equation and exact (explicit) solutions are obtained for periodic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-02-05 Bruno A. N. Akasaki , M. J. de Oliveira , Carlos E. Fiore