The second law, Maxwell's demon, and work derivable from quantum heat engines

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Kieu, Tien D ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC ENGINES; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ADIABATIC PROCESS; HEAT BATHS; QUANTUM HEAT ENGINES; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM;

HEAT ENGINES;

EID: 19644401489     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.140403     Document Type: Article

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