{
  "id": "1505.07719",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2015-05-28T15:08:10.000Z",
  "updated": "2015-05-28T15:08:10.000Z",
  "title": "On the origin of entropy production",
  "authors": [
    "Robert Ziener",
    "Haye Hinrichsen"
  ],
  "comment": "PDFLaTeX, 14 pages, 5 figures",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech"
  ],
  "abstract": "In this paper we discuss the physical origin of entropy production in non-equilibrium systems. To this end we consider a non-equilibrium system as part of a larger isolated system which includes the environment. We show that the well-known Schnakenberg formula for entropy production provides a lower bound to the actual entropy production in the environment. This is demonstrated in the simplest example of a three-state clock model.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2015-05-28T15:08:10.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "non-equilibrium system",
      "actual entropy production",
      "three-state clock model",
      "well-known schnakenberg formula",
      "environment"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "doi": "10.1088/1742-5468/2015/08/P08014",
      "journal": "Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment",
      "year": 2015,
      "month": "Aug",
      "volume": 2015,
      "number": 8,
      "pages": "08014"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "PDFLaTeX",
      "pages": 14,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2015JSMTE..08..014Z"
    }
  }
}