Second law of thermodynamics for batteries with vacuum state
In stochastic thermodynamics work is a random variable whose average is bounded by the change in the free energy of the system. In most treatments, however, the work reservoir that absorbs this change is either tacitly assumed or modelled using unphysical systems with unbounded Hamiltonians (i.e. th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Verein zur Förderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften
2021-03-01
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| Series: | Quantum |
| Online Access: | https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2021-03-10-408/pdf/ |