<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no,location=no, scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>vonnyn@hotmail.com wrote:\n> Has the advent of Quantum Statistical Mechanics led to an\n> uncontroversial resolution of the paradox of Maxwell\'s Demon? If so,\n> what is the currently accepted solution?\n\n\nCheck out physics/0311104. The authors claim that they found an\nexperimental realization of the Maxwell\'s demon, and can obtain\nelectric current from pure thermal energy (no temperature gradient).\n\nEugene.\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>
vonnyn@hotmail.com wrote:
> Has the advent of Quantum Statistical Mechanics led to an
> uncontroversial resolution of the paradox of Maxwell's Demon? If so,
> what is the currently accepted solution?
Check out http://www.arxiv.org/abs/physics/0311104. The authors claim that they found an
experimental realization of the Maxwell's demon, and can obtain
electric current from pure thermal energy (no temperature gradient).
Eugene.