Autonomous Temporal Probability Concentration: Clockworks and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
According to thermodynamics, the inevitable increase of entropy allows the past to be distinguished from the future. From this perspective, any clock must incorporate an irreversible process that allows this flow of entropy to be tracked. In addition, an integral part of a clock is a clockwork, that...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2021-03-01
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| Series: | Physical Review X |
| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.11.011046 |