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An exactly solvable model of a stochastic heat engine: optimization of power, power fluctuations and efficiency

An exactly solvable model of a stochastic heat engine: optimization of power, power fluctuations and efficiency

We investigate a stochastic heat engine based on an over-damped particle diffusing on the positive real axis in an externally driven time-periodic log-harmonic potential. The periodic driving is composed of two isothermal and two adiabatic branches. Within our specific setting we verify the recent universal results regarding efficiency at maximum …