IDSS Special Seminars Raffaello D'Andrea
A Hamiltonian Demon: Circumventing the Second Law by Quantizing Energy
Abstract In this talk I will introduce a deterministic process, henceforth referred to as a demon, for altering the equilibrium distribution of a billiards-like dynamical system. The system consists of particles whose energies are integer valued, and where all energy-exchange mechanisms preserve this quantization. As a result, time and positions are continuous, while velocities are…