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The Physics of Maxwell's demon and information
arXiv
Authors: Koji Maruyama, Franco Nori, Vlatko Vedral
Year
2007
Paper ID
49596
Status
Preprint
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Abstract
Maxwell's demon was born in 1867 and still thrives in modern physics. He plays important roles in clarifying the connections between two theories: thermodynamics and information. Here, we present the history of the demon and a variety of interesting consequences of the second law of thermodynamics, mainly in quantum mechanics, but also in the theory of gravity. We also highlight some of the recent work that explores the role of information, illuminated by Maxwell's demon, in the arena of quantum information theory.
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