2013/01/31 by Akio Hosoya, Koji Maruyama, Yutaka Shikano · 1 citation
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Boltzmann constant #Boltzmann distribution #Demon #Erasure #Maxwell's demon #Relation (database) #Statistical Mechanics and Entropy #Statistical mechanics #Thermoelastic and Magnetoelastic Phenomena #cond-mat.stat-mech #physics.class-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/srep17011
published as Scientific Reports 5, 17011 (2015) · 11 pages, 3 figures
openalex publication_date 2015/11/24 · arxiv created 2015/11/26 · arxiv updated 2015/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The resolution of the Maxwell's demon paradox linked thermodynamics with information theory through information erasure principle. By considering a demon endowed with a Turing-machine consisting of a memory tape and a processor, we attempt to explore the link towards the foundations of statistical mechanics and to derive results therein in an operational manner. Here, we present a derivation of the Boltzmann distribution in equilibrium as an example, without hypothesizing the principle of maximum entropy. Further, since the model can be applied to non-equilibrium processes, in principle, we demonstrate the dissipation-fluctuation relation to show the possibility in this direction.