The power of a critical heat engine

Autor: Michele Campisi, Rosario Fazio
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11895
Popis: The second law of thermodynamics says that the efficiency of a heat engine is limited by the Carnot efficiency. Here, the authors use finite-size-scaling theory to investigate whether this ultimate limit can be achieved at finite power using quantum Otto engines.
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