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Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics

Quantum-Thermodynamical Description of Discrete Non-Equilibrium Systems

W. Muschik, M. Kaufmann

Published Jan 1, 1994• 8 citations
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10.1515/jnet.1994.19.1.76

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In this work we present a formalism to describe non equilibrium conditions in systems with a discretized energy spectrum, such as quantum systems. We develop a formalism based on a combination of Gibbs-Shannon entropy and information thermodynamics that arrives to a generalization of the De-Brujin identity applicable to discrete and non-symmetric distributions. This allows to define the concept of a thermodynamic temperature with a different, albeit complementary meaning to the equilibrium kinetic temperature of a system. The theory is applied to Bosonic and Fermionic cases represented by an harmonic oscillator and a single energy state, respectively. We show that the formalism correctly recovers known results at equilibrium, then we demonstrate an application to a genuine non equilibrium state: a coherent quantum oscillator.
Different dynamics of the non-equilibrium canonical density operator, such as Canonical Dynamics, Linear Projection Dynamics, Generalized Robertson Dynamics, and Contact Time Dynamics, especially for time dependent work variables are derived. For two discrete systems in contact the rate of entropy is non-negative, if the contact time is short, and if one of the two discrete systems is in equilibrium and the compound system composed of both is isolated. The contact temperature is identified with one of the Lagrange parameters of the non-equilibrium canonical density operator of the compound system.