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H-theorem in quantum physics

G.B. Lesovik ^{1, 2}

A.V. LEBEDEV ²

I A Sadovskyy ³

M. V. Suslov ⁴

V.M. VINOKUR ³

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L.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics RAS, Chernogolovka, Russia |

Theoretische Physik, ETH Zürich, Switzerland |

Materials Science division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, USA |

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Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2016-09-12

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DOI: 10.1038/srep32815

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Remarkable progress of quantum information theory (QIT) allowed to formulate mathematical theorems for conditions that data-transmitting or data-processing occurs with a non-negative entropy gain. However, relation of these results formulated in terms of entropy gain in quantum channels to temporal evolution of real physical systems is not thoroughly understood. Here we build on the mathematical formalism provided by QIT to formulate the quantum H-theorem in terms of physical observables. We discuss the manifestation of the second law of thermodynamics in quantum physics and uncover special situations where the second law can be violated. We further demonstrate that the typical evolution of energy-isolated quantum systems occurs with non-diminishing entropy.

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Lesovik G. et al. H-theorem in quantum physics // Scientific Reports. 2016. Vol. 6. No. 1. 32815

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Lesovik G., LEBEDEV A., Sadovskyy I. A., Suslov M. V., VINOKUR V. H-theorem in quantum physics // Scientific Reports. 2016. Vol. 6. No. 1. 32815

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.1038/srep32815

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TI - H-theorem in quantum physics

T2 - Scientific Reports

AU - Lesovik, G.B.

AU - LEBEDEV, A.V.

AU - Sadovskyy, I A

AU - Suslov, M. V.

AU - VINOKUR, V.M.

PY - 2016

DA - 2016/09/12

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@article{2016_Lesovik,

author = {G.B. Lesovik and A.V. LEBEDEV and I A Sadovskyy and M. V. Suslov and V.M. VINOKUR},

title = {H-theorem in quantum physics},

journal = {Scientific Reports},

year = {2016},

volume = {6},

publisher = {Springer Nature},

month = {sep},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/srep32815},

number = {1},

pages = {32815},

doi = {10.1038/srep32815}

}

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Scientific Reports

scimago Q1

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0.874

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6.7

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3.9

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20452322 (Print, Electronic)

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