arXiv · 1810.00906
Gradient flow structure and exponential decay of the sandwiched Rényi divergence for primitive Lindblad equations with GNS-detailed balance
Abstract
We study the entropy production of the sandwiched Rényi divergence under the primitive Lindblad equation with GNS-detailed balance. We prove that the Lindblad equation can be identified as the gradient flow of the sandwiched Rényi divergence of any order $α \in (0, \infty)$. This extends a previous result by Carlen and Maas [Journal of Functional Analysis, 273(5), 1810-1869] for the quantum relative entropy (i.e., $α = 1$). Moreover, we show that the sandwiched Rényi divergence of any order $α \in (0, \infty)$ decays exponentially fast under the time-evolution of such a Lindblad equation.
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Yu Cao, Jianfeng Lu, Yulong Lu. 2019-04-08. Gradient flow structure and exponential decay of the sandwiched Rényi divergence for primitive Lindblad equations with GNS-detailed balance. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5083065
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