{
  "id": "cond-mat/9902056",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "1999-02-03T17:57:34.000Z",
  "updated": "1999-06-16T17:22:13.000Z",
  "title": "Feynman's ratchet and pawl: an exactly solvable model",
  "authors": [
    "C. Jarzynski",
    "O. Mazonka"
  ],
  "comment": "19 pages + 10 figures; somewhat tighter presentation",
  "journal": "Phys.Rev.E 59, 6448 (1999)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevE.59.6448",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech"
  ],
  "abstract": "We introduce a simple, discrete model of Feynman's ratchet and pawl, operating between two heat reservoirs. We solve exactly for the steady-state directed motion and heat flows produced, first in the absence and then in the presence of an external load. We show that the model can act both as a heat engine and as a refrigerator. We finally investigate the behavior of the system near equilibrium, and use our model to confirm general predictions based on linear response theory.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "1999-06-16T17:22:13.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "feynmans ratchet",
      "exactly solvable model",
      "confirm general predictions",
      "linear response theory",
      "heat flows"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. E"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 19,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}