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On Positivity of Rate of Entropy in Quantum-Thermodynamics

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Entropy and Entropy Generation

Part of the book series: Understanding Chemical Reactivity ((UCRE,volume 18))

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The rate of entropy is discussed for several different dynamics of the generalized canonical operator: Canonical dynamics, Robertson dynamics, and contact time dynamics. For two discrete systems in contact the rate of entropy is positive definite, if the contact time is short, and if one of the two discrete systems is in equilibrium and the compound system of both is isolated.

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  1. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstraβe 36, 10623, Berlin, Germany

    M. Kaufmann, W. Muschik & D. Schirrmeister

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    J. S. Shiner

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Kaufmann, M., Muschik, W., Schirrmeister, D. (1996). On Positivity of Rate of Entropy in Quantum-Thermodynamics. In: Shiner, J.S. (eds) Entropy and Entropy Generation. Understanding Chemical Reactivity, vol 18. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46932-4_1

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