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The smallest possible heat engines
arXiv
Authors: Noah Linden, Sandu Popescu, Paul Skrzypczyk
Year
2010
Paper ID
10652
Status
Preprint
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We construct the smallest possible self contained heat engines; one composed of only two qubits, the other of only a single qutrit. The engines are self-contained as they do not require external sources of work and/or control. They are able to produce work which is used to continuously lift a weight. Despite the dimension of the engine being small, it is still able to operate at the Carnot efficiency.
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- We construct the smallest possible self contained heat engines; one composed of only two qubits, the other of only a single qutrit.
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