Authors
Koji Maruyama, Franco Nori, Vlatko Vedral
Publication date
2009/1
Source
Reviews of Modern Physics
Volume
81
Issue
1
Pages
1-23
Publisher
American Physical Society
Description
Maxwell’s demon was born in 1867 and still thrives in modern physics. He plays important roles in clarifying the connections between two theories: thermodynamics and information. Here the history of the demon and a variety of interesting consequences of the second law of thermodynamics are presented, mainly in quantum mechanics, but also in the theory of gravity. Also highlighted are some of the recent work that explores the role of information, illuminated by Maxwell’s demon, in the arena of quantum-information theory.
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K Maruyama, F Nori, V Vedral - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2009