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We compute the time evolution of an infinitely extended, open, quasi-free system in the weak coupling limit followed by the thermodynamic limit, and we derive the Onsager relations and the properties of entropy production.
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Frigerio, A., Gorini, V. & Pulé, J.V. Open quasi-free systems. J Stat Phys 22, 409–433 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01012865
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