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| Authors | Bruno Crosignani, Paolo Di Porto, Claudio Conti |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0410050 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0410050 |
Abstract
The limits of the Second Law of Thermodynamics, which reigns undisputed in the macroscopic world, are investigated at the mesoscopic level, corresponding to spatial dimensions of a few microns. An extremely simple isolated system, modeled after Callen's adiabatic piston, [1] can, under appropriate conditions, be described as a self-organizing Brownian motor and shown to exhibit a perpetuum mobile behavior.
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