The Adiabatic Piston and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Details The Adiabatic Piston and the Second Law of Thermodynamics The Adiabatic Piston and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

2002-07-18

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0207073v1

Physics

Classical Physics

6 pages, 4 figures, First International Conference on Quantum Limits to the Second Law

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.1523815

A detailed analysis of the adiabatic-piston problem reveals peculiar dynamical features that challenge the general belief that isolated systems necessarily reach a static equilibrium state. In particular, the fact that the piston behaves like a perpetuum mobile, i.e., it never stops but keeps wandering, undergoing sizable oscillations, around the position corresponding to maximum entropy, has remarkable implications on the entropy variations of the system and on the validity of the second law when dealing with systems of mesoscopic dimensions.

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