Quantum heat engines, the second law and Maxwell's daemon

European Physical Journal D

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 115-128

  Kieu, T D ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ADIABATIC ENERGIES; ADIABATIC PROCESS; ENERGY EIGENSTATES; HEAT BATH; MAXWELL'S DEMON; MINIMUM TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; QUANTUM HEAT ENGINES; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL SYSTEM; SECOND LAW; SIMPLE++;

HEAT ENGINES;

EID: 33745211435     PISSN: 14346060     EISSN: 14346079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2006-00075-5     Document Type: Article

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