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Entropy, 2012 Quantum gravity, the initial low entropy state of the Universe, and the problem of time are interlocking puzzles. In this article, we address the origin of the arrow of time from a cosmological perspective motivated by a novel approach to quantum ...
Djordje Minic +3 more
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Unified Framework of the Arrow of Time and Entropy Flow in Rigid Fractal Structures
This paper proposes a novel model of the nature of time, positing that time is a dynamic manifestation embedded within rigid fractal geometry. Based on this model, the directionality of time (the arrow of time) and the flow of entropy (the second law of thermodynamics) are unified as natural outcomes of recursive dynamics in fractal geometry.
changzheng zhou, ZIQING zhou
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From Randomness and Entropy to the Arrow of Time
The Element reconstructs, analyses and compares different derivational routes to a grounding of the Arrow of Time in entropy. It also evaluates the link between entropy and visible disorder, and the related claim of an alignment of the Arrow of Time with a development from order to visible disorder.
Lena Zuchowski
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Nanothermodynamics: There’s Plenty of Room on the Inside [PDF]
NanomaterialsNanothermodynamics provides the theoretical foundation for understanding stable distributions of statistically independent subsystems inside larger systems.
Ralph V. Chamberlin, Stuart M. Lindsay
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Thermodynamics of quantum measurement and Maxwell's demon's arrow of time [PDF]
Physical Review A, 2022 We discuss the thermodynamic aspects of a single qubit based device, powered by weak quantum measurements, and feedback controlled by a quantum Maxwell’s demon.
Kagan Yanik +3 more
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The Arrow of Time under Space-Time-Entropy Mapping Model
ABSTRACT: This study introduces a discrete Time-Entropy Mapping Model (1)where entropy is defined through multiplicative accumulation , rigorously satisfying entropy increase ΔS>0 while maintaining logarithmic consistency with conventional entropy.
Zhigang Zou
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Is Time’s Asymmetry Related to Irreversible Processes and the Second Law?
Entropy, 2023 In this article, we start by describing one of the most characteristic properties of time: “time can never decrease”. From this property, numerous authors have concluded that irreversible processes, that always proceed in one direction, must be related ...
Arieh Ben-Naim
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Decomposing the Local Arrow of Time in Interacting Systems. [PDF]
Physical Review Letters, 2021 We show that the evidence for a local arrow of time, which is equivalent to the entropy production in thermodynamic systems, can be decomposed. In a system with many degrees of freedom, there is a term that arises from the irreversible dynamics of the ...
Christopher W. Lynn +3 more
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Entropy, 2020 The idea that entropy is associated with the “arrow of time” has its roots in Clausius’s statement on the Second Law: “Entropy of the Universe always increases.” However, the explicit association of the entropy with time’s arrow arises from Eddington. In
Arieh Ben-Naim
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Entropy, 2021 Causality follows the thermodynamic arrow of time, where the latter is defined by the direction of entropy increase. After a brief review of an earlier version of this article, rooted in classical mechanics, we give a quantum generalization of the ...
Lawrence S. Schulman
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