The adiabatic piston: a perpetuum mobile in the mesoscopic realm
Abstract: A detailed analysis of the adiabatic-piston problem reveals, for a finely-tuned choice of the spatial dimensions of the system, peculiar dynamical features that challenge the statement that an isolated system necessarily reaches a time-independent equilibrium state. In particular, the pist...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2004-03-01
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Series: | Entropy |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/6/1/50/ |