Thermodynamics of a stochastic twin elevator
arXiv:1109.1257 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.84.051134
Abstract
We study the non-equilibrium thermodynamics of a single particle with two available energy levels, in contact with a classical (Maxwell-Boltzmann) or quantum (Bose-Einstein) heat bath. The particle can undergo transitions between the levels via thermal activation or deactivation. The energy levels are alternately raised at a given rate regardless of occupation by the particle, maintaining a fixed energy gap equal to epsilon between them. We explicitly calculate the work, heat and entropy production rates. The efficiency in both the classical and the quantum case goes to a limit between 100% and 50% that depends on the relative rates of particle transitions and level elevation. In the classical problem we explicitly find the large deviation functions for heat, work, and internal energy.
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