Quantum-dot Carnot engine at maximum power

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Title:	Quantum-dot Carnot engine at maximum power
Authors:	Esposito, Massimiliano KAWAI, Ryoichi Lindenberg, Katja VAN DEN BROECK, Christian
Issue Date:	2010
Publisher:	AMER PHYSICAL SOC
Source:	PHYSICAL REVIEW E, 81(4)
Abstract:	We evaluate the efficiency at maximum power of a quantum-dot Carnot heat engine. The universal values of the coefficients at the linear and quadratic order in the temperature gradient are reproduced. Curzon-Ahlborn efficiency is recovered in the limit of weak dissipation.
Notes:	[Esposito, Massimiliano] Univ Libre Bruxelles, Ctr Nonlinear Phenomena & Complex Syst, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium. [Kawai, Ryoichi] Univ Alabama, Dept Phys, Birmingham, AL 35294 USA. [Lindenberg, Katja] Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Chem & Biochem, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA. [Lindenberg, Katja] Univ Calif San Diego, BioCircuits Inst, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA. [Van den Broeck, Christian] Hasselt Univ, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.
Document URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/1942/11060
ISSN:	1539-3755
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevE.81.041106
ISI #:	000277265700014
Category:	A1
Type:	Journal Contribution
Validations:	ecoom 2011
Appears in Collections:	Research publications

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