Callen's Adiabatic Piston and the Limits of the Second Law of Thermodynamics

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The limits of the Second Law of Thermodynamics, which reigns undisputed in the macroscopic world, are investigated at the mesoscopic level, corresponding to spatial dimensions of a few microns. An extremely simple isolated system, modeled after Callen's adiabatic piston, [1] can, under appropriate conditions, be described as a self-organizing Brownian motor and shown to exhibit a perpetuum mobile behavior.
17 pages, 4 figures. Revised version

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Classical Physics, General Physics

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/101395

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https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0410050
 http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0410050

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