A remark on the strict positivity of the entropy production

Letters in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-23

  Aschbacher, Walter H ^a   Spohn, Herbert ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entropy production; Non equilibrium steady state; Weak coupling theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 32344432997     PISSN: 03779017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11005-005-0035-5     Document Type: Article

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