Title: Irreversible Work, Maxwell's Demon and Quantum Thermodynamic Force
Abstract: Irreversibility is characterized by the entropy production. The second law of classical thermodynamics, based on the positivity of the entropy production, only holds for deterministic processes. Therefore the Second Law in quantum thermodynamics, which is a stochastic thermodynamics, may not hold. By making a fundamental connection between thermodynamics and information theory we will introduce a new way of defining the Second Law which holds for both classical and quantum thermodynamics. Our work incorporate information well into the Second Law and also provide a thermodynamic operational meaning for negative and positive entropy production.
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Date: 2018-09-03
Language: en
Type: preprint
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