Kramers barrier crossing as a cooling machine

Details Kramers barrier crossing as a cooling machine Kramers barrier crossing as a cooling machine

2010-02-24

arxiv.org/abs/1002.4556v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

12 pages, 5 figures

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The achievement of local cooling is a prominent goal in the design of functional transport nanojunctions. One generic mechanism for local cooling is driving a system through a local uphill potential step. In this paper we examine the manifestation of this mechanism in the context of the Kramers barrier crossing problem. For a particle crossing a barrier, the local effective temperature and the local energy exchange with the thermal environment are calculated, and the coefficient of performance of the ensuing cooling process is evaluated.

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