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A new concept of a measure of irreversibility for quantum dynamics in open systems is introduced as a suitably regularized substitute for the common notion of entropy production, which, unfortunately, yields infinite values for so many irreversible processes of physical relevance.
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Lendi, K. Measure of irreversibility and entropy production in open quantum systems. J Stat Phys 50, 1103–1109 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01019155
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