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arxiv: 1105.4768 · v1 · pith:ADMEWCDKnew · submitted 2011-05-24 · ⚛️ physics.gen-ph

What Maxwell's demon could do for you

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keywords demonmaxwellsecondaccessingallowingarguedbreakingcapabilities
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In this highly speculative Letter it is argued that, under certain physical conditions, Maxwell's demon might be capable of breaking the second law of thermodynamics, thereby allowing a perpetual motion machine of the second kind, by accessing single particle capabilities.

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