A Programmable Mechanical Maxwell’s Demon

We introduce and investigate a simple and explicitly mechanical model of Maxwell’s demon—a device that interacts with a memory register (a stream of bits), a thermal reservoir (an ideal gas) and a work reservoir (a mass that can be lifted or lowered). Our device is similar to one...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhiyue Lu, Christopher Jarzynski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-01-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/21/1/65