Thermodynamics of collisional models for Brownian particles: General properties and efficiency
Thermodynamics of collisional models for Brownian particles: General properties and efficiency
We introduce the idea of collisional models for Brownian particles, in which a particle is sequentially placed in contact with distinct thermal environments and external forces. Thermodynamic properties are exactly obtained, irrespective of the number of reservoirs involved. In the presence of external forces, the entropy production presents a bilinear …