Abstract
Onsager symmetry implies that a Brownian motor, driven by a temperature gradient, will also perform a refrigerator function upon loading. We analytically calculate the corresponding heat flow for an exactly solvable microscopic model and compare it with molecular dynamics simulations.
- Received 6 February 2006
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.210601
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