Current, maximum power and optimized efficiency of a Brownian heat engine

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 457-461

  Asfaw, Mesfin ^a,c   Bekele, Mulugeta ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNOT CYCLE; COMPUTATION THEORY; HEAT ENGINES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFRIGERATORS; VISCOSITY;

BROWNIAN PARTICLES; CARNOT EFFICIENCY; CARNOT ENGINES; HEAT RESERVOIRS;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT;

EID: 3042563393     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2004-00140-y     Document Type: Article

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