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quant-ph2020★ 6 cited
The Harmonic Quantum Szilárd Engine
Paul Davies, Logan Thomas, George Zahariade
The Szilárd engine is a mechanism (akin to Maxwell's demon) for converting information into energy, which seemingly violates the second law of thermodynamics. Originally a classica…
hep-th2020★ 1 cited
A Heat Shield for de Sitter space
Paul Davies, Logan Thomas, George Zahariade
We investigate a quantum vacuum state for dimensional de Sitter space, corresponding to a region within a perfectly reflecting symmetric box of fixed physical size. We find…