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Title:
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Maxwell’s demon and Smoluchowski’s trap door.
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Author:
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Zheng, Jianzhou.; Zheng, Xiao.; Zhao, Yang.; Xie, Yang.; Yam, Chi Yung.; Chen, Guan Hua.; Jiang, Qing.; Chwang, Allen T.
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Copyright year:
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2007 |
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Abstract:
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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 is in thermal equilibrium with the rest of the system, it fails to function as designed, and when it is separately subjected to a thermal bath with a different temperature, it creates a temperature or density gradient between the two chambers of the box it divides. As a Maxwell demon, the trap-door device creates more readily a density gradient than that of temperature. |
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Subject:
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DRNTU::Science::Physics::Heat and thermodynamics. |
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Type:
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Journal Article |
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Series/ Journal Title:
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Physical Review E |
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School:
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School of Materials Science and Engineering |
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Rights:
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© 2007 American Physical Society. This paper was published in Physical Review E and is made available as an electronic reprint (preprint) with permission of American Physical Society. The paper can be found at: [Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.75.041109]. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic or multiple reproduction, distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law. |
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Version:
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Accepted version |
