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Minimum entropy production in microstructures

โœ Scribed by R. Lenk

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Weight
165 KB
Volume
23
Category
Article
ISSN
0749-6036

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โœฆ Synopsis

For a non-interacting quantum-particle gas in a near-equilibrium steady state a general expression for the entropy production is given. The particles are scattered by a cluster of scatterers that are coupled incoherently via connecting ideal leads. The internal current and/or density distribution can be determined by minimizing the entropy production. This quantity is invariant under a transformation where differences in particle density are replaced by those in electrostatic potential.

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