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Since the experimental realisation of the integer quantised Hall effect in a two dimensional electron system subject to strong perpendicular magnetic fields in 1980, a central question has been the interrelation between the conductance…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-11-26 E. M. Kendirlik , S. Sirt , S. B. Kalkan , N. Ofek , V. Umansky , A. Siddiki

Building on a model introduced by Mandal and Jarzynski [Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., {\bf 109}, (2012) 11641], we present a simple version of an autonomous reversible Maxwell's demon. By changing the entropy of a tape consisting of a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-05-15 Andre Cardoso Barato , Udo Seifert

The ability to measure the stochastic degrees of freedom of a thermal system enables the extraction of energy from an equilibrium heat bath. This is the underlying principle of Maxwell's demon and subsequent information engines. Here, we…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-12-02 Rémi Goerlich , Gilad Pollack , Eli Flaxer , Saar Rahav , Yael Roichman

We have simulated numerically an automated version of Maxwell's demon inspired by Smoluchowski's ideas of 1912. Two gas chambers of equal volume are connected via an opening that is covered by a trapdoor. The trapdoor can open to the left…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. A. Skordos , W. H. Zurek

In this paper we explore the properties of a 1-dimensional spin chain in the presence of chiral interactions, focusing on the system's transition to distinct chiral phases for various values of the chiral coupling. By employing the mean…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-01-10 Ewan Forbes , Matthew D. Horner , Andrew Hallam , Joseph Barker , Jiannis K. Pachos

Biology achieves novel functions like error correction, ultra-sensitivity and accurate concentration measurement at the expense of free energy through Maxwell Demon-like mechanisms. The design principles and free energy trade-offs have been…

Molecular Networks · Quantitative Biology 2016-05-27 Arvind Murugan , Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan

The problem of possible violation of the second law of thermodynamics is discussed. It is noted that the task of the well known challenge to the second law called Maxwell's demon is put in order a chaotic perpetual motion and if any ordered…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 V. V. Aristov , A. V. Nikulov

The simulation of low-temperature properties of many-body systems remains one of the major challenges in theoretical and experimental quantum information science. We present, and demonstrate experimentally, a universal cooling method which…

Parallel electric and magnetic fields applied to Weyl semimetals pump axial charge via the axial anomaly until balanced by intervalley relaxation. The resulting nonequilibrium steady state exhibits the chiral magnetic effect as well as the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-01 Yusuke Nishida

Maxwell's demon elucidates the value of information in thermodynamics, using measurement and feedback: he evolves an equilibrated gas into a nonequilibrium state, from which one might extract work. The demon can evolve the system farther…

Using classical thermodynamics, we argue that Maxwell's demon loses its battle against Clausius as any temperature difference or other thermodynamic forces it creates is immediately compensated by spontaneous counterbalancing flows that…

Classical Physics · Physics 2022-01-03 P. D. Gujrati

We explore the interplay between tunneling process and chiral interactions in the discrimination of chiral states for an ensemble of molecules in a biological environment. Each molecule is described by an asymmetric double-well potential…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2017-04-28 Arash Tirandaz , Farhad Taher Ghahramani , Afshin Shafiee

Chiral conformal field theories are characterized by a ground-state current at finite temperature, that could be observed, e.g. in the edge excitations of the quantum Hall effect. We show that the corresponding thermal conductance is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-07-19 Andrea Cappelli , Marina Huerta , Guillermo R. Zemba

Given the intrinsic nonequilibrium nature of high-energy collisions the investigation of the dynamical properties of transport phenomena is important. The study of the real-time behavior of various conductivities and susceptibilities help…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-01-08 Miklos Horvath , Defu Hou , Hai-cang Ren

In condensed matter physics, a broad spectrum of physical characteristics, such as chirality, axiality, and polarity, arises as a direct consequence of the underlying symmetry of the system. We here theoretically investigate the effective…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-11-12 Satoru Hayami , Rikuto Oiwa , Akane Inda

The electric-power dissipation of the anomalous-Hall current injected into a lateral load circuit is studied. The anomalous-Hall current is generated by a $\mathrm{Co_{75}Gd_{25}}$ ferrimagnetic Hall bar and injected into lateral contacts…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-14 D. Lacour , M. Hehn , Min Xu , J. -E. Wegrowe

This is another approach to realize Maxwell's "demon" hypothesis. Two Ag-O-Cs thermal electron ejectors, A and B, are settled in a vacuum tube. A non-uniform magnetic field exerted on the tube provides a one-way channel for the thermal…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Xinyong Fu , Zitao Fu

In mathematical physical analyses of Szilard's engine and Maxwell's demon, a general assumption (explicit or implicit) is that one can neglect the energy needed for relocating the piston in Szilard's engine and for driving the trap door in…

General Physics · Physics 2012-06-26 Laszlo B. Kish , Claes G. Granqvist

Motivated by recent progress on the motive power of information in quantum thermodynamics, we put forth an operational resource theory of Maxwell's demons. We show that the resourceful ({\em daemonic}) states can be partitioned into at most…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-25 Gabriel T. Landi , Giacomo Guarnieri , Benjamin Morris , John Goold , Gerardo Adesso

We study the fractional quantum Hall effect in three dimensional systems consisting of infinitely many stacked two dimensional electron gases placed in transverse magnetic fields. This limit introduces new features into the bulk physics…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. D. Naud , Leonid P. Pryadko , S. L. Sondhi