Colloquium: The physics of Maxwell's demon and information

作者: Koji Maruyama , Franco Nori , Vlatko Vedral

DOI: 10.1103/REVMODPHYS.81.1

关键词: Maxwell's demonModern physicsPhilosophy of thermal and statistical physicsQuantum information scienceDemonSecond law of thermodynamicsQuantum informationRelational order theoriesPhysicsTheoretical physics

摘要: Maxwell's demon was born in 1867 and still thrives modern physics. He plays important roles clarifying the connections between two theories: thermodynamics information. Here history of a variety interesting consequences second law are presented, mainly quantum mechanics, but also theory gravity. Also highlighted some recent work that explores role information, illuminated by demon, arena quantum-information theory.

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