Quantum-mechanical Maxwell’s demon

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 3374-3382

  Lloyd, Seth ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

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EID: 4244013235     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.56.3374     Document Type: Article

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