Szilard engine revisited; information from time forward and backward process
Statistical Mechanics
2011-08-29 v1 Atomic Physics
Abstract
We derive the work performed in the Szilard engine (SZE) by using dissipative work formula of non-equilibrium thermodynamics developed in Kawai et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 080602 (2007). The work is described as the difference of probability distributions of measurement outcomes of the time forward and the backward process.
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@article{arxiv.1104.3387,
title = {Szilard engine revisited; information from time forward and backward process},
author = {Kang-Hwan Kim and Sang Wook Kim},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.3387},
year = {2011}
}