Maxwell's demon and the second law of thermodynamics

被引：6

作者：

Liboff, RL ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] CORNELL UNIV,SCH APPL PHYS,ITHACA,NY 14853

来源：

FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS LETTERS | 1997年 / 10卷 / 01期

关键词：

irreversibility; second law; Maxwell demon; entropy;

D O I：

10.1007/BF02764123

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

An idealized, two-dimensional Maxwell demon is described which incorporates an irreversible process. The vertex of the device acts as a purely mechanical 'trap door'. This idealized mechanism is found to generate a violation of the second law of thermodynamics. These results indicate that the second law of thermodynamics is not valid in general for idealized, irreversible systems.

引用

页码：89 / 92

页数：4