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Maxwell's daemon: information versus particle statistics

Abstract:: Maxwell's daemon is a popular personification of a principle connecting information gain and extractable work in thermodynamics. A Szilard Engine is a particular hypothetical realization of Maxwell's daemon, which is able to extract work from a single thermal reservoir by measuring the position of particle(s) within the system. Here we investigate the role of particle statistics in the whole process; namely, how the extractable work changes if instead of classical particles fermions or bosons are used as the working medium. We give a unifying argument for the optimal work in the different cases: the extractable work is determined solely by the information gain of the initial measurement, as measured by the mutual information, regardless of the number and type of particles which constitute the working substance.

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Plesch, M., Dahlsten, O., Goold, J., & Vedral, V. (2014). Maxwell's daemon: information versus particle statistics. Scientific Reports, 4.

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Plesch, M., et al. “Maxwell's Daemon: Information versus Particle Statistics.” Scientific Reports, vol. 4, Springer Nature, 2014.

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Plesch, M, O Dahlsten, J Goold, and V Vedral. 2014. “Maxwell's Daemon: Information versus Particle Statistics.” Scientific Reports 4.
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+ Plesch, M More by this author

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+ Dahlsten, O More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: MPLS
Department:: Physics
Sub department:: Atomic & Laser Physics
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+ Goold, J More by this author

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+ Vedral, V More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: MPLS
Department:: Physics
Sub department:: Atomic & Laser Physics
Role:: Author

Publisher:: Springer Nature
Journal:: Scientific Reports More from this journal
Volume:: 4
Article number:: 6995
Publication date:: 2014-11-11
Acceptance date:: 2014-10-21
DOI:: 10.1038/srep06995
EISSN:: 2045-2322

Language:: English
Keywords:: FFR
UUID:: uuid:675794df-9037-4134-b451-eb100b4db48e
Local pid:: pubs:489452
Source identifiers:: 489452
Deposit date:: 2014-11-19

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Copyright date:: 2014
Notes:: © 2014 Plesch, M et al. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder in order to reproduce the material.

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