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Second Law for Active Heat Engines

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: A reformulation of the second law of thermodynamics describes the unusual behavior of cyclic heat engines in contact with an active bath and explains how they operate in regimes not accessible to passive heat engines.

Source: Physical Review X

DOI: 10.1103/physrevx.12.031034

Authors: Arya Datta, Patrick Pietzonka, Andre C. Barato

Institutions: University of Houston, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems

Language: English

Topic: Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $4,200

OpenAlex ID: W4226390702

FWCI: 2.428

Cites: 63

Cited by: 34

Related to: 10