Stochastic thermodynamics for "Maxwell demon" feedbacks
Statistical Mechanics
2012-08-27 v2
Abstract
We propose a way to incorporate the effect of a specific class of feedback processes into stochastic thermodynamics. These "Maxwell demon" feedbacks do not affect the system energetics but only the energy barriers between the system states (in a way which depends on the system states). They are thus of a purely informational nature. We show that the resulting formalism can be applied to study the thermodynamic effect of a feedback process acting on electron transfers through a junction.
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@article{arxiv.1204.5671,
title = {Stochastic thermodynamics for "Maxwell demon" feedbacks},
author = {Massimiliano Esposito and Gernot Schaller},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.5671},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
3 figures, v2:accepted in EPL