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Isothermal maxwell daemon

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A model of an open quantum system is presented which is argued to be able to pump particles to states with even higher site energy on account of that of the thermodynamic bath.

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  1. Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Physics of Charles University, Ke Karlovu 5, 121 16, Praha 2, Czech Republic

    V. Čápek

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Čápek, V. Isothermal maxwell daemon. Czech J Phys 47, 845–849 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021158822596

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