2016/02/11 by Naoto Shiraishi, Shiraishi, Naoto, Keiji Saito +1 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies #Statistical Mechanics and Entropy #cond-mat.stat-mech
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1602.03645
6 pages, 1 figure. This paper has been withdrawn by authors to resubmit a new revised paper arxiv:1605.00356
arxiv created 2016/05/03 · arxiv updated 2016/05/04
In Markovian dynamics with the local detailed balance condition, we decompose the total entropy production rate into microscopic transitions. By applying this decomposition to the heat to work conversion process, we rigorously show that the Carnot efficiency implies zero power for any heat engine, even with broken time-reversal symmetry beyond the linear response regime. Moreover, we propose a trade-off relationship between the entropy production rate and the heat flow between the system and bath.