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Time-Reversible Maxwell's Demon

A time-reversible Maxwell's demon is demonstrated which creates a density difference between two chambers initialized to have equal density. The density difference is estimated theoretically and confirmed by computer simulations. It is found that the reversible Maxwell's demon compresses phase space volume even though its dynamics are time reversible. The significance of phase space volume compression in operating a microscopic heat engine is also discussed.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:MIT/oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/5966
Date01 September 1992
CreatorsSkordos, P. A.
Source SetsM.I.T. Theses and Dissertation
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
Format37 p., 1484265 bytes, 1170116 bytes, application/postscript, application/pdf
RelationAIM-1346

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