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Dérivation générale et quantification du troisième principe de la thermodynamique

A general derivation and quantification of the third law of thermodynamics.

Auteurs : MASANES L., OPPENHEIM J.

Type d'article : Article

Résumé

The most accepted version of the third law of thermodynamics, the unattainablility principle, states that any process cannot reach absolute zero temperature in a finite number of steps and within a finite time. Here, we provide a derivation of the principle that applies to arbitrary cooling processes, even those exploiting the laws of quantum mechanics or involving an infinite-dimensional reservoir. We quantify the resources needed to cool a system to any temperature, and translate these resources into the minimal time or number of steps, by considering the notion of a thermal machine that obeys similar restrictions to universal computers. We generally find that the obtainable temperature can scale as an inverse power of the cooling time. Our results also clarify the connection between two versions of the third law (the unattainability principle and the heat theorem), and place ultimate bounds on the speed at which information can be erased.

Détails

  • Titre original : A general derivation and quantification of the third law of thermodynamics.
  • Identifiant de la fiche : 30021143
  • Langues : Anglais
  • Source : Nature Communications
  • Date d'édition : 14/03/2017
  • DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14538

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