Violation of the second law of thermodynamics in the quantum microworld

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 290, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 379-401

  Capek V ^a   Bok, J ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ENERGY CONVERSION; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ISOTHERMAL MAXWELL DEMON; PERPETUUM MOBILE; THOMSON MODEL;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0343431450     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(00)00345-9     Document Type: Article

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