Distribution of local entropy in the Hilbert space of bi-partite quantum systems: Origin of Jaynes' principle

Details Distribution of local entropy in the Hilbert space of bi-partite quantum systems: Origin of Jaynes' principle Distribution of local entropy in the Hilbert space of bi-partite quantum systems: Origin of Jaynes' principle

2002-01-29

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0201136v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

Submitted to Physical Review E

Scientific paper

10.1140/epjb/e2003-00029-3

For a closed bi-partite quantum system partitioned into system proper and environment we interprete the microcanonical and the canonical condition as constraints for the interaction between those two subsystems. In both cases the possible pure-state trajectories are confined to certain regions in Hilbert space. We show that in a properly defined thermodynamical limit almost all states within those accessible regions represent states of some maximum local entropy. For the microcanonical condition this dominant state still depends on the initial state; for the canonical condition it coincides with that defined by Jaynes' principle. It is these states which thermodynamical systems should generically evolve into.

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