Colloquium: The physics of Maxwell's demon and information

DOI10.1103/REVMODPHYS.81.1zbMATH Open1205.82005arXiv0707.3400WikidataQ56536150 ScholiaQ56536150MaRDI QIDQ3077044FDOQ3077044

Authors: Koji Maruyama, Franco Nori, Vlatko Vedral 

Publication date: 21 February 2011

Published in: Reviews of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Maxwell's demon was born in 1867 and still thrives in modern physics. He plays important roles in clarifying the connections between two theories: thermodynamics and information. Here, we present the history of the demon and a variety of interesting consequences of the second law of thermodynamics, mainly in quantum mechanics, but also in the theory of gravity. We also highlight some of the recent work that explores the role of information, illuminated by Maxwell's demon, in the arena of quantum information theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.3400

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to statistical mechanics (82-02) Foundations of time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C03)

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