{"title":"Dimer as a challenge to the second law","authors":"V. Cápek","doi":"10.1063/1.1523788","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract.A simple system consisting of an asymmetric dimer cooperating with two baths is presented as a challenge to the second law of thermodynamics. This requires specific coupling of the dimer to the baths and a specific thermodynamic regime.","PeriodicalId":22452,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal B - Condensed Matter and Complex Systems","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2002-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The European Physical Journal B - Condensed Matter and Complex Systems","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1523788","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract.A simple system consisting of an asymmetric dimer cooperating with two baths is presented as a challenge to the second law of thermodynamics. This requires specific coupling of the dimer to the baths and a specific thermodynamic regime.