Interplay between Standard Quantum Detailed Balance and Thermodynamically Consistent Entropy Production

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.06707v1
• Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2025 07:37:35 GMT
• Title: Interplay between Standard Quantum Detailed Balance and Thermodynamically Consistent Entropy Production
• Authors: Xin-Hai Tong, Kohei Yoshimura, Tan Van Vu, Naruo Ohga,
• Abstract summary: We show that if a quantum Markovian semigroup satisfies the standard quantum detailed balance condition, its generator admits a special representation that yields a vanishing entropy production rate.<n> Conversely, if the generator admits a special representation adhering to the condition of thermodynamic consistency and leading to a vanishing entropy production rate, the corresponding quantum Markovian semigroup must satisfy the standard quantum detailed balance condition.
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• Abstract: We demonstrate that if a quantum Markovian semigroup satisfies the standard quantum detailed balance condition, its generator admits a special representation that yields a vanishing entropy production rate. Conversely, if the generator admits a special representation adhering to the condition of thermodynamic consistency and leading to a vanishing entropy production rate, then the corresponding quantum Markovian semigroup must satisfy the standard quantum detailed balance condition. In this context, we adopt the definition of entropy production rate that is motivated by the physics literature and standard for thermodynamically consistent Lindbladians.

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