| Reference : Thermodynamics of a stochastic twin elevator |
| Scientific journals : Article | |||
| Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences : Physics | |||
| http://hdl.handle.net/10993/11947 | |||
| Thermodynamics of a stochastic twin elevator | |
| English | |
| Kumar, Niraj [University of California San Diego > 1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and BioCircuits Institute] | |
| Van den Broeck, Christian [Hasselt University] | |
Esposito, Massimiliano  [Université Libre de Bruxelles - ULB > Center for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems] | |
| Lindenberg, Katja [University of California San Diego > Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and BioCircuits Institute] | |
| 2011 | |
| Physical Review E | |
| 84 | |
| 5 | |
| Yes (verified by ORBilu) | |
| International | |
| 1539-3755 | |
| [en] We study the nonequilibrium thermodynamics of a single particle with two available energy levels, in contact
with a classical (Maxwell-Boltzmann) or quantum (Bose-Einstein) heat bath. The particle can undergo transitions between the levels via thermal activation or deactivation. The energy levels are alternately raised at a given rate regardless of occupation by the particle, maintaining a fixed energy gap equal to ε between them. We explicitly calculate the work, heat, and entropy production rates. The efficiency in both the classical and the quantum case goes to a limit between 100 and 50% that depends on the relative rates of particle transitions and level elevation. In the classical problem we explicitly find the large deviation functions for heat, work, and internal energy. | |
| http://hdl.handle.net/10993/11947 | |
| 10.1103/PhysRevE.84.051134 | |
| <Go to ISI>://WOS:000297469000009 | |
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