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Entropy decrease in a thermodynamically isolated system: Light-induced drift

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A new method is proposed for describing selective excitation as the addition of information to a thermodynamic system of atoms, decreasing the entropy of the system as a result. This information approach is used to calculate the light-induced drift velocity. The computational results are in good agreement with experimental data.

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  1. M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119899, Moscow, Russia

    O. A. Chichigina

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Zh. Éksp. Teor. Fiz. 116, 57–66 (July 1999)

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Chichigina, O.A. Entropy decrease in a thermodynamically isolated system: Light-induced drift. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 89, 30–34 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.558951

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