Title Thermodynamics of Information Processing in Small Systems Author(s) Sagawa, Takahiro Publication Tokyo, Springer Japan, 2013. Description XVI, 120 p : online resource Abstract Note 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 second law of thermodynamics.?? From the modern point of view, Maxwell's demon is formulated as an information processing device that performs measurement and feedback at the level of thermal fluctuations.?? By unifying information theory, measurement theory, and the recently developed theory of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, the author has constructed a theory of "information thermodynamics," in which information contents and thermodynamic variables are treated on an equal footing.?? In particular, the maximum work that can be extracted by the demon and the minimum work that is needed for measurement and information erasure by?? the demon has been determined.?? Additionally, generalizations of nonequilibrium relations such as a Jarzynski equality for classical stochastic systems in the presence of feedback control have been derived.?? One of the generalized equalities has recently been verified experimentally by using sub-micron colloidal particles. The results obtained serve as fundamental principles for information processing in small thermodynamic systems, and are applicable to nanomachines and nanodevices ISBN,Price 9784431541684 Keyword(s) 1. COMPLEX SYSTEMS 2. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS 3. EBOOK 4. EBOOK - SPRINGER 5. Mathematical Methods in Physics 6. Nanoscale science 7. Nanoscale Science and Technology 8. NANOSCIENCE 9. Nanostructures 10. PHYSICS 11. QUANTUM COMPUTERS 12. Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics 13. SPINTRONICS 14. STATISTICAL PHYSICS 15. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems 16. THERMODYNAMICS Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I07613     On Shelf