Thermal / Equilibrium Corridor: Stationary Slots, Detailed-Balance Constraints, and Monotone Descent

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contents <p>Equilibrium is a forced compression slot, not a bath assumption.</p> <p>This paper derives an equilibrium corridor for coarse-grained open dynamics from the CPTP slot plus (i) a stationary-state slot and (ii) an exact detailed-balance symmetry at the effective tier. It yields a quadratic Lyapunov-type monotone toward equilibrium and shows that mixing to a unique stationary slot pressures memory collapse: long-horizon distinguishability (and witness growth) saturates, making effective Markov descriptions admissible in relaxing regimes.</p>
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spellingShingle Thermal / Equilibrium Corridor: Stationary Slots, Detailed-Balance Constraints, and Monotone Descent
Searcy, Kenneth
Quantum physics
Quantum field theory
Physics
Mathematical physics
Theoretical physics
equilibrium
CPTP
Lyapunov
Lindblad-class
Markov
<p>Equilibrium is a forced compression slot, not a bath assumption.</p> <p>This paper derives an equilibrium corridor for coarse-grained open dynamics from the CPTP slot plus (i) a stationary-state slot and (ii) an exact detailed-balance symmetry at the effective tier. It yields a quadratic Lyapunov-type monotone toward equilibrium and shows that mixing to a unique stationary slot pressures memory collapse: long-horizon distinguishability (and witness growth) saturates, making effective Markov descriptions admissible in relaxing regimes.</p>
title Thermal / Equilibrium Corridor: Stationary Slots, Detailed-Balance Constraints, and Monotone Descent
topic Quantum physics
Quantum field theory
Physics
Mathematical physics
Theoretical physics
equilibrium
CPTP
Lyapunov
Lindblad-class
Markov
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18778122