Isothermal Maxwell daemon as a molecular rectifier

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1999 EDP Sciences
, , Citation V. Čápek and T. Mančal 1999 EPL 48 365 DOI 10.1209/epl/i1999-00491-5

0295-5075/48/4/365

Abstract

A standard quantum model of the interacting particle vs. single-mode phonon system under the influence of a thermodynamic bath is considered for very specific values of the parameters involved. The resulting computer-exact solutions show then the isothermal Maxwell daemon property reported so far for just a few exceptional non-trivial models. Owing to specific dynamical effects in the particle-phonon system, the resulting long-time particle site occupation probabilities are incompatible with the usual equilibrium statistical thermodynamics.

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10.1209/epl/i1999-00491-5