| Autor |
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Munoz E. |
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| Autor |
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Pena F.J. |
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| Fecha Ingreso |
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2014-04-05T00:22:33Z |
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| Fecha Disponible |
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2014-04-05T00:22:33Z |
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| Fecha en Repositorio |
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2014-04-04 |
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10.1103/PhysRevE.86.061108 |
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We studied the efficiency of two different schemes for a quantum heat engine, by considering a single Dirac particle trapped in an infinite one-dimensional potential well as the "working substance." The first scheme is a cycle, composed of two adiabatic and two isoenergetic reversible trajectories in configuration space. The trajectories are driven by a quasistatic deformation of the potential well due to an external applied force. The second scheme is a variant of the former, where isoenergetic trajectories are replaced by isothermal ones, along which the system is in contact with macroscopic thermostats. This second scheme constitutes a quantum analog of the classical Carnot cycle. Our expressions, as obtained from the Dirac single-particle spectrum, converge in the nonrelativistic limit to some of the existing results in the literature for the Schrödinger spectrum. © 2012 American Physical Society. |
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Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics |
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| Link Descarga |
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http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84871453100&partnerID=40&md5=2c18c701f9455ee140f2caf8a0799f28 |
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| Title |
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Quantum heat engine in the relativistic limit: The case of a Dirac particle |
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Article |
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Applied forces; Configuration space; Dirac particles; Nonrelativistic; One-dimensional potential; Potential wells; Quantum analog; Quantum heat engines; Quasi-static deformation; Single particle spectrum; Condensed matter physics; Physics; Trajectories |
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