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Heat pumping in nanomechanical systems

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2015-05-19 v3

Abstract

We propose using a phonon pumping mechanism to transfer heat from a cold to a hot body using a propagating modulation of the medium connecting the two bodies. This phonon pump can cool nanomechanical systems without the need for active feedback. We compute the lowest temperature that this refrigerator can achieve.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1006.4874,
  title  = {Heat pumping in nanomechanical systems},
  author = {Claudio Chamon and Eduardo R. Mucciolo and Liliana Arrachea and Rodrigo B. Capaz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1006.4874},
  year   = {2015}
}

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4 pages, 1 figure, published version

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