Maxwell’s demon and Smoluchowski’s trap door
A simulation has been performed to reveal the detailed dynamics and statistical behavior of a Maxwell demon of the simplest kind, a trap door held over by a spring inside a box filled with gas molecules. The role of such a demon can be controlled by tuning Smoluchowski’s fluctuations. When the demon...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/92419 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6733 |