Carnot cycle for photon gas?

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 874-878

  Lee, M Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

05.20; 05.70; 90

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EID: 23044527237     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: 19432909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1371917     Document Type: Article

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