Exact correspondence between Renyi entropy flows and physical flows
Abstract
We present a universal relation between the flow of a Renyi entropy and the full counting statistics of energy transfers. We prove the exact relation for a flow to a system in thermal equilibrium that is weakly coupled to an arbitrary time-dependent and nonequilibrium system. The exact correspondence, given by this relation, provides a simple protocol to quantify the flows of Shannon and Renyi entropies from the measurements of energy transfer statistics.
- Publication:
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Physical Review B
- Pub Date:
- May 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.174307
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1502.08020
- Bibcode:
- 2015PhRvB..91q4307A
- Keywords:
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- 05.30.-d;
- 03.67.Mn;
- Quantum statistical mechanics;
- Entanglement production characterization and manipulation;
- Quantum Physics;
- Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics;
- Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics
- E-Print:
- 9 pages, 5 figures