TY - JOUR
T1 - Passivity, complete passivity, and virtual temperatures
AU - Skrzypczyk, Paul
AU - Silva, Ralph
AU - Brunner, Nicolas
PY - 2015/5/19
Y1 - 2015/5/19
N2 - We give a simple and intuitive proof that the only states which are completely passive, i.e., those states from which work cannot be extracted even with infinitely many copies, are Gibbs states at positive temperatures. The proof makes use of the idea of virtual temperatures, i.e., the association of temperatures to pairs of energy levels (transitions). We show that (1) passive states are those where every transition is at a positive temperature and (2) completely passive states are those where every transition is at the same positive temperature.
AB - We give a simple and intuitive proof that the only states which are completely passive, i.e., those states from which work cannot be extracted even with infinitely many copies, are Gibbs states at positive temperatures. The proof makes use of the idea of virtual temperatures, i.e., the association of temperatures to pairs of energy levels (transitions). We show that (1) passive states are those where every transition is at a positive temperature and (2) completely passive states are those where every transition is at the same positive temperature.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevE.91.052133
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevE.91.052133
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
C2 - 26066145
AN - SCOPUS:84930678730
SN - 1539-3755
VL - 91
JO - Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
JF - Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
IS - 5
M1 - 052133
ER -