Hoppenau, Johannes and Engel, Andreas (2014) On the energetics of information exchange. Europhysics Letters, 105 (5). p. 50002.

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Abstract

We consider the thermodynamic properties of systems in contact with an information source and focus on the consequences of energetic cost associated with the exchange of information. To this end we introduce the model of a thermal tape and derive a general bound for the efficiency of work extraction for systems in contact with such a tape. Depending on the perspective, the correlations between system and tape may either increase or reduce the efficiency of the device. We illustrate our general results with two exactly solvable models, one being an autonomous system, the other one involving measurement and feedback. We also define an ideal tape limit in which our findings reduce to known results.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Classical statistical mechanics Entropy and other measures of information Thermodynamics
Subjects:	Science and mathematics > Physics
Divisions:	Faculty of Mathematics and Science > Institute of Physics (IfP)
Date Deposited:	19 Mar 2015 09:43
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2015 09:43
URI:	https://oops.uni-oldenburg.de/id/eprint/2194
URN:	urn:nbn:de:gbv:715-oops-22752
DOI:	doi:10.1209/0295-5075/105/50002
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