Entropy, Macroscopic Information, and Phase Transitions
arXiv:cond-mat/9911066 · doi:10.1063/1.60025
Abstract
The relationship between entropy and information is reviewed, taking into account that information is stored in macroscopic degrees of freedom, such as the order parameter in a system exhibiting spontaneous symmetry breaking. It is shown that most problems of the relationship between entropy and information, embodied in a variety of Maxwell demons, are also present in any symmetry breaking transition.
arXiv commentTo appear in the proceedings of Unsolved Problems of noise (UPoN)