Thermodynamics of Information Processing in Small Systems

This book presents a general theory of nonequilibrium thermodynamics for information processing, offering a recently constructed theory of information thermodynamics in which information contents and thermodynamic variables are treated on an equal footing.

Fundamental energy costs for information processing applications have been determined for the first time, after long and intense controversy among researchers, by unifying information theory, measurement theory, and the recently developed theory of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics Universal nonequilibrium relations have been generalized by bringing together information for the first time to establish fundamental principles of nonequilibrium information processing Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D thesis by the University of Tokyo's Physics Department as their best thesis in 2011 Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext

Dr. Takahiro Sagawa
Kyoto University
Kitashirakawa Oiwake-Cho,
Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto
606-8502 Japan

Inhalt
Review of Maxwell's Demon.- Classical Dynamics, Measurement, and Information.- Quantum Dynamics, Measurement, and Information.- Unitary Proof of the Second Law of Thermodynamics.- Second Law with Feedback Control.- Thermodynamics of Memories.- Stochastic Thermodynamics.- Nonequilibrium Equalities with Feedback Control.-Conclusions.