{
  "id": "1508.01276",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2015-08-06T04:11:23.000Z",
  "updated": "2015-08-06T04:11:23.000Z",
  "title": "Path-dependent Entropy Production",
  "authors": [
    "Chulan Kwon"
  ],
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech"
  ],
  "abstract": "A rigorous derivation of nonequilibrium entropy production via the path-integral formalism is presented. Entropy production is defined as the entropy change piled in a heat reservoir as a result of a nonequilibrium thermodynamic process. It is a central quantity by which various forms of the fluctuation theorem are obtained. The two kinds of the stochastic dynamics are investigated: the Langevin dynamics for an even-parity state and the Brownian motion of a single particle. Mathematical ambiguities in deriving the functional form of the entropy production, which depends on path in state space, are clarified by using a rigorous quantum mechanical approach.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2015-08-06T04:11:23.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "path-dependent entropy production",
      "nonequilibrium entropy production",
      "nonequilibrium thermodynamic process",
      "path-integral formalism",
      "entropy change"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "doi": "10.3938/jkps.67.785",
      "journal": "Journal of Korean Physical Society",
      "year": 2015,
      "month": "Sep",
      "volume": 67,
      "number": 5,
      "pages": 785
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2015JKPS...67..785K"
    }
  }
}