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    "abstract": "A cyclic thermodynamic heat engine runs most efficiently if it is reversible.\nCarnot constructed such a reversible heat engine by combining adiabatic and\nisothermal processes for a system containing an ideal gas. Here, we present an\nexample of a cyclic engine based on a single quantum-mechanical particle\nconfined to a potential well. The efficiency of this engine is shown to equal\nthe Carnot efficiency because quantum dynamics is reversible. The quantum heat\nengine has a cycle consisting of adiabatic and isothermal quantum processes\nthat are close analogues of the corresponding classical processes.",
    "arxiv_id": "quant-ph/0007002",
    "authors": [
      "C. M. Bender",
      "D. C. Brody",
      "B. K. Meister"
    ],
    "categories": [
      "quant-ph"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1088/0305-4470/33/24/302",
    "journal_ref": "J. Phys. A 33, 4427-4436, 2000",
    "title": "Quantum mechanical Carnot engine",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0007002"
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