Eliminating ensembles from equilibrium statistical physics: Maxwell's demon, Szilard's engine, and thermodynamics via entanglement

DOI10.1016/j.physrep.2018.04.003zbMath1404.82019arXiv1806.03532OpenAlexW2799305664MaRDI QIDQ1632520

Wojciech Hubert Zurek

Publication date: 14 December 2018

Published in: Physics Reports (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.03532

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10) Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30) Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40) Quantum information, communication, networks (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P45)

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