Maxwell's Demon, Szilard's Engine and Quantum Measurements
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We propose and analyze a quantum version of Szilard's ``one-molecule engine.'' In particular, we recover, in the quantum context, Szilard's conclusion concerning the free energy ``cost'' of measurements: per bit of information.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0301076,
title = {Maxwell's Demon, Szilard's Engine and Quantum Measurements},
author = {Wojciech Hubert Zurek},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0301076},
year = {2007}
}
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9 pages, 1 figure