The Carnot efficiency enabled by complete degeneracies

DOI10.1016/j.physleta.2018.05.042zbMath1404.80007OpenAlexW2805623562MaRDI QIDQ1632772

Jincan Chen, Shanhe Su, Yanchao Zhang, Guozhen Su

Publication date: 17 December 2018

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2018.05.042

zbMATH Keywords

size effectquantum probabilityCarnot efficiencyquantum degeneracyquantum Stirling-like heat engine

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Thermodynamics in solid mechanics (74A15)

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