Thermodynamics of Information Processing in Small Systems

• Main Author: Sagawa, Takahiro (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Thermodynamics.; Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Quantum computers.; Spintronics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.

This thesis presents a general theory of nonequilibrium thermodynamics for information processing.  Ever since Maxwell's demon was proposed in the nineteenth century, the relationship between thermodynamics and information has attracted much attention because it concerns the foundation of the s...

Table of Contents:

• Review of Maxwell’s Demon
• Classical Dynamics, Measurement, and Information
• Quantum Dynamics, Measurement, and Information
• Unitary Proof of the Second Law of Thermodynamics
• Second Law with Feedback Control
• Thermodynamics of Memories
• Stochastic Thermodynamics
• Nonequilibrium Equalities with Feedback Control.-Conclusions.