Quantum Afterburner: Improving the Efficiency of an Ideal Heat Engine

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 4-

  Scully, Marlan O ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84862726679     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.050602     Document Type: Article

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