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View SchemaMaxwell's Demon, Szilard's Engine and Quantum Measurements
| Authors | Wojciech Hubert Zurek |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0301076 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0301076 |
Abstract
We propose and analyze a quantum version of Szilard's ``one-molecule engine.'' In particular, we recover, in the quantum context, Szilard's conclusion concerning the free energy ``cost'' of measurements: $\Delta F \geq k_B T\ln2$ per bit of information.
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