Information processing and the second law of thermodynamics: An inclusive, Hamiltonian approach

Physical Review X

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Deffner, Sebastian ^a   Jarzynski, Christopher ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC MOTIONS; HAMILTONIAN APPROACH; SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; TIME INDEPENDENTS;

DATA PROCESSING; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

HAMILTONIANS;

EID: 84891706849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.3.041003     Document Type: Article

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