@article{e2023b939eb642d6a07a483de457ba64,
title = "Kramers barrier crossing as a cooling machine",
abstract = "The achievement of local cooling is a prominent goal in the design of functional transport nanojunctions. One generic mechanism for local cooling is driving a system through a local uphill potential step. In this paper we examine the manifestation of this mechanism in the context of the Kramers barrier crossing problem. For a particle crossing a barrier, the local effective temperature and the local energy exchange with the thermal environment are calculated, and the coefficient of performance of the ensuing cooling process is evaluated.",
keywords = "Barrier crossing, Cooling, Fokker-Planck equation",
author = "Schiff, {Philip R.} and Abraham Nitzan",
note = "Funding Information: This paper is dedicated to Peter Hanggi, a colleague and a leader who has put his mark on our field for over three decades. This research was supported by the European Science Council (FP7 /ERC Grant No. 226628 ), the German Israeli Foundation , and the Israel Science Foundation . AN thanks Ronnie Kosloff for a helpful discussion. ",
year = "2010",
month = oct,
day = "5",
doi = "10.1016/j.chemphys.2010.05.034",
language = "אנגלית",
volume = "375",
pages = "399--402",
journal = "Chemical Physics",
issn = "0301-0104",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
number = "2-3",
}