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View SchemaThe Adiabatic Piston and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
| Authors | B. Crosignani, P. Di Porto, C. Conti |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0207073 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0207073 |
| DOI | 10.1063/1.1523815 |
Abstract
A detailed analysis of the adiabatic-piston problem reveals peculiar dynamical features that challenge the general belief that isolated systems necessarily reach a static equilibrium state. In particular, the fact that the piston behaves like a perpetuum mobile, i.e., it never stops but keeps wandering, undergoing sizable oscillations, around the position corresponding to maximum entropy, has remarkable implications on the entropy variations of the system and on the validity of the second law when dealing with systems of mesoscopic dimensions.
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