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On the production of entropy within the concept of incomplete description of states
Author(s) -
Hajdu J.,
Szépfalusy P.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
annalen der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1521-3889
pISSN - 0003-3804
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3889(200105)10:5<429::aid-andp429>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - entropy production , statistical physics , ergodicity , maximum entropy thermodynamics , observable , entropy (arrow of time) , physics , joint quantum entropy , non equilibrium thermodynamics , thermodynamics , h theorem , maximum entropy probability distribution , entropy rate , entropy in thermodynamics and information theory , mathematics , principle of maximum entropy , quantum mechanics , statistics
We calculate the linear response production of relevant entropy as defined recently by Balian. This quantity is — in contrast to the production of entropy defined in thermodynamics of irreversible processes — not determined by the linear transport coefficients alone but depends also on the susceptibilities with respect to the relevant observables. However, for systems satisfying a generalized ergodicity criterion the two expressions for the entropy production coincide.