Boltzmann entropy for quantum field systems
arXiv:1909.00961 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.101.032110
Abstract
A way to construct Boltzmann entropy, i.e., the entropy as a function of a microscopic pure state, for quantum field systems is proposed. Operators that shift the field in wavevector space are used in the construction. By employing an assumption, it is shown that, for almost all states in the ensemble of pure states corresponding to a thermodynamic state, the value of the proposed Boltzmann entropy coincides with that of the thermodynamic entropy for the thermodynamic state. For general self-interacting fields, the Boltzmann entropy evolves with time under Hamiltonian dynamics, so that it is capable of characterizing the thermalization of isolated quantum field systems.
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