Entropy Production from Maximum Entropy Principle: a Unifying Approach

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2401.09936v3
• Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 12:20:05 GMT
• Title: Entropy Production from Maximum Entropy Principle: a Unifying Approach
• Authors: Adalberto D. Varizi, Pedro S. Correia,
• Abstract summary: Entropy production is the crucial quantity characterizing irreversible phenomena and the second law of thermodynamics. We use Jaynes' maximum entropy principle to establish a framework that brings together prominent and apparently conflicting definitions.
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• Abstract: 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 information, in this Letter we use Jaynes' maximum entropy principle to establish a framework that brings together prominent and apparently conflicting definitions. More generally our definition of entropy production addresses any tomographically incomplete quantum measurement and/or the action of a quantum channel on a system.

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