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Simple model for transport phenomena : Microscopic construction of Maxwell Demon like engine

Statistical Mechanics 2007-12-13 v1 Soft Condensed Matter

Abstract

We present a microscopic Hamiltonian framework to develop Maxwell demon like engine. Our model consists of a equilibrium thermal bath and a non-equilibrium bath; latter generated by driving with an external stationary, Gaussian noise. The engine we develop, can be considered as a device to extract work by modifying internal fluctuations. Our theoretical analysis focusses on finding the essential ingredients necessary for generating fluctuation induced transport under non-equilibrium condition. An important outcome of our model is that the net motion occurs when the non-linear bath is modulated by the external noise, creating the non-zero effective temperature even when the temperature of both the baths are same.

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@article{arxiv.0711.1296,
  title  = {Simple model for transport phenomena : Microscopic construction of Maxwell Demon like engine},
  author = {Jyotipratim Ray Chaudhuri and Sudip Chattopadhyay and Suman Kumar Banik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.1296},
  year   = {2007}
}

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