Conditional entropy production and quantum fluctuation theorem of dissipative information
Kun Zhang, Xuanhua Wang, Qian Zeng +1 more
We study the quantum conditional entropy production, which quantifies the irreversibly conditioned on the coupling memory of the system. We prove that the quantum unconditional entropy production is less than the conditional one, where the latter has contribution from the informational nonequilibriumness. The mismatch, defined as the quantum dissipative information, pinpoints the distributive correlation established between the environment and the memory. Although the quantum unconditional entropy production can be zero, the conditional one is in general not, which is beyond the thermal equilibrium. Positive quantum dissipative information characterizes a potential work waste. We also prove the quantum fluctuation theorems related to the conditional entropy production, based on different two-point measurement schemes. The dissipative information itself also follows the quantum fluctuation theorem. We present examples based on the qubit collisional model and the qubit Maxwell's demon.
•May 13, 2021•2 citations