Maxwell’s demon and Smoluchowski’s trap door

• Main Authors: Zheng, Jianzhou, Zheng, Xiao, Zhao, Yang, Xie, Yang, Yam, Chi Yung, Chen, Guan Hua, Jiang, Qing, Chwang, Allen T.
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Physics::Heat and thermodynamics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/92419; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6733
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A simulation has been performed to reveal the detailed dynamics and statistical behavior of a Maxwell demon of the simplest kind, a trap door held over by a spring inside a box filled with gas molecules. The role of such a demon can be controlled by tuning Smoluchowski’s fluctuations. When the demon...