The power of a critical heat engine
The second law of thermodynamics says that the efficiency of a heat engine is limited by the Carnot efficiency. Here, the authors use finite-size-scaling theory to investigate whether this ultimate limit can be achieved at finite power using quantum Otto engines.
Main Authors: | Michele Campisi, Rosario Fazio |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016-06-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11895 |
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