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A general relation between entropy and an evolutionary superoperator is derived based on the theory of the real-time formulation. The formulation establishing the relation relies only on the framework of quantum statistical mechanics and the standard definition of the von Neumann entropy. Applying the theory of the imaginary-time formulation, a similar relation is obtained for the entropy change due to the change in reservoir temperatures. To show the usefulness of these formulas, we derived the expression for the entropy production induced by some dissipation in an open quantum system as the exemplary model system.
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Majima, H., Suzuki, A. Identities for Entropy Change Associated with the Time-Evolution of an Open System. Found Phys 45, 914–922 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-015-9908-3
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