Relativistic approach to thermodynamic irreversibility

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2504.09581v1
• Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2025 14:04:22 GMT
• Title: Relativistic approach to thermodynamic irreversibility
• Authors: M. Basso, J. Maziero, L. C. Céleri,
• Abstract summary: We consider a localized quantum system living in a curved spacetimes.<n>We prove a relativistic version of the quantum flutuation theorem.<n> entropy production is deeply observer dependent.
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• Abstract: We consider a localized quantum system living in a curved spacetimes. By translating into this scenario the paradgmatic two-point measument scheme in quantum statistical mechanics we are able to prove a relativistic version of the quantum flutuation theorem. One of the consequences of such a theorem is that entropy production is deeply observer dependent. The main ideas of this chapter are published in [M. L. W. Basso, J. Maziero and L. C. C\'eleri. The irreversibility of relativistic time-dilation. Class. Quantum Grav. \textbf{40}, 195001 (2023); M. L. W. Basso, J. Maziero and L. C. C\'eleri. Quantum detailed fluctuation theorem in curved spacetimes: the observer dependent nature of entropy production. Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{134}, 050406 (2025)].

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