Heat engines in finite time governed by master equations

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 485-492

  Feldmann, Tova ^a   Geva, Eitan ^a   Kosloff, Ronnie ^a   Salarnon, Peter ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030527878     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.18197     Document Type: Article

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