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Dimer as a challenge to the second law

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A simple system consisting of an asymmetric dimer cooperating with two baths is presented as a challenge to the second law of thermodynamics. This requires specific coupling of the dimer to the baths and a specific thermodynamic regime.

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

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Received: 22 March 2003, Published online: 4 August 2003

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05.30.-d Quantum statistical mechanics - 05.70.-a Thermodynamics

This articles has been submitted by V. Capek a few weeks before he passed away and it is presumably his last paper. It has been edited by D.P. Sheehan (University of San Diego, USA).

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Cápek, V. Dimer as a challenge to the second law. Eur. Phys. J. B 34, 219–223 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2003-00214-4

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