The Second Law of Thermodynamics under Unitary Evolution and External Operations
arXiv:1303.5471 · doi:10.1016/j.aop.2015.01.003
Abstract
A microscopic definition of the thermodynamic entropy in an isolated quantum system must satisfy (i) additivity, (ii) extensivity and (iii) the second law of thermodynamics. We show that the diagonal entropy, which is the Shannon entropy in the energy eigenbasis at each instant of time, meets the first two requirements and that the third requirement is satisfied if an arbitrary external operation is performed at typical times. In terms of the diagonal entropy, thermodynamic irreversibility follows from the facts that the Hamiltonian dynamics restricts quantum trajectories under unitary evolution and that the external operation is performed without referring to any particular information about the microscopic state of the system.
8 pages, 2 figures
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