The Metastable Mpemba Effect Corresponds to a Non-monotonic Temperature Dependence of Extractable Work

The Mpemba effect refers to systems whose thermal relaxation time is a non-monotonic function of the initial temperature. Thus, a system that is initially hot cools to a bath temperature more quickly than the same system, initially warm. In the special case where the system dynamics can be described...

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Main Authors: Raphaël Chétrite, Avinash Kumar, John Bechhoefer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Physics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2021.654271/full