Hidden heat transfer in equilibrium states implies directed motion in nonequilibrium states

Details Hidden heat transfer in equilibrium states implies directed motion in nonequilibrium states Hidden heat transfer in equilibrium states implies directed motion in nonequilibrium states

2005-10-31

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0510838v2

Phys. Rev. E 73, 065107(R) (2006)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

4 pages, 4 figures; revised

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.73.065107

We study a class of heat engines including Feynman's ratchet, which exhibits a directed motion of a particle in nonequilibrium steady states maintained by two heat baths. We measure heat transfer from each heat bath separately, and average them using a careful procedure that reveals the nature of the heat transfer associated with directed steps of the particle. Remarkably we find that steps are associated with nonvanishing heat transfer even in equilibrium, and there is a quantitative relation between this ``hidden heat transfer'' and the directed motion of the particle. This relation is clearly understood in terms of the ``principle of heat transfer enhancement'', which is expected to apply to a large class of highly nonequilibrium systems.

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