Energetics of a microscopic Feynman ratchet

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/ACC64EMaRDI QIDQ6040935zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Bart Cleuren, Ralf Eichhorn

Publication date 25 May 2023

Published in Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.14647

zbMATH Keywords

Brownian ratchetFeynman's ratchetheat enginekinetic gas theorynon-equilibrium thermodynamicsthermodynamic efficiency

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics, structure of matter (82-XX)

Abstract: A general formalism is derived describing both dynamical and energetic properties of a microscopic Feynman ratchet. Work and heat flows are given as a series expansion in the thermodynamic forces, obtaining analytical expressions for the (non)linear response coefficients. Our results extend previously obtained expressions in the context of a chiral heat pump.

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