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Time-Reversible Maxwell's Demon

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Skordos, P. A.
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Abstract
A time-reversible Maxwell's demon is demonstrated which creates a density difference between two chambers initialized to have equal density. The density difference is estimated theoretically and confirmed by computer simulations. It is found that the reversible Maxwell's demon compresses phase space volume even though its dynamics are time reversible. The significance of phase space volume compression in operating a microscopic heat engine is also discussed.
Date issued
1992-09-01
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/5966
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AIM-1346
Series/Report no.
AIM-1346
Keywords
Maxwell's demon, irreversibility, phase space compression, sheat engines, information erasure, time-symmetry

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