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DY: Fachverband Dynamik und Statistische Physik

DY 18: Statistical Physics Far from Thermal Equilibrium

DY 18.10: Invited Talk

Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 12:00–12:30, H48

The physics of information: from Maxwell’s demon to Landauer — •Eric Lutz — Freie Universität Berlin

We discuss the intimate connection existing between information theory and thermodynamics. We focus on two complementary aspects: 1) the gain of information with Maxwell’s famous demon and 2) the erasure of information with Landauer’s principle. We further present recent experiments that have for the first time demonstrated the equivalence between information and thermodynamics.