Entropy Rate of Thermal Diffusion
Author(s)
John L. Haller Jr.*
ABSTRACT
The thermal diffusion of a free particle is a random process and generates entropy at a rate equal to twice the particle’s temperature, 
(in natural units of information per second). The rate is calculated using a Gaussian process with a variance of 
which is a combination of quantum and classical diffusion. The solution to the quantum diffusion of a free particle is derived from the equation for kinetic energy and its associated imaginary diffusion constant; a real diffusion constant (representing classical diffusion) is shown to be 
. We find the entropy of the initial state is one natural unit, which is the same amount of entropy the process generates after the de-coherence time, 
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Cite this paper
J. Haller Jr., "Entropy Rate of Thermal Diffusion," Journal of Modern Physics, Vol. 4 No. 10, 2013, pp. 1393-1399. doi: 10.4236/jmp.2013.410167.
J. Haller Jr., "Entropy Rate of Thermal Diffusion," Journal of Modern Physics, Vol. 4 No. 10, 2013, pp. 1393-1399. doi: 10.4236/jmp.2013.410167.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2372390
[1] J. Haller Jr., Journal of Modern Physics, Vol. 4 2013, pp. 85-95. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jmp.2013.47A1010 [2] Yamamoto and Imamoglu, “Mesoscopic Quantum Optics,” John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1999. [3] Cover and Thomas, “Elements of Information Theory,” John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1991. [4] Bracewell, “The Fourier Transform and Its Applications,” 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill, New York, 1986. [5] C. W. Gardiner and P. Zoller, “Quantum Noise,” Springer, Berlin, 2004. [6] Shankar, “Principles of Quantum Mechanics,” Plenum Press, New York, 1994. [7] Feynman, “Lectures on Physics,” Addison-Wesley Publishing, Reading, 1965. [8] Bohm, “Quantum Theory,” Dover Publications, Mineola, 1989. [9] Shankar, “Principles of Quantum Mechanics,” Plenum Press, New York, 1994. [10] Bittencourt, “Fundamentals of Plasma Physics,” 2nd Edition, Sao Jose dos Campos, 1995.
http://www.worldcat.org/title/fundamentals-of-plasma-physics/oclc/32880244?referer=di&ht=edition [11] Einstein, “Investigation on the Theory of, the Brownian Movement,” Translated by Cowper, Dover, 1956. [12] Einstein, “The Meaning of Relativity,” 5th Edition, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1956. [13] I. I. Hirshman, American Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 79, 1957, p. 152.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2372390