Relativistic Quantum Stirling Engine of Massless Boson in the 1D Infinite Potential Well with Two Level Energies Irza Agani Fahrezi (a), Yohanes Dwi Saputra (a)
(a) Physics Department, Institut Teknologi Kalimantan, Jln. Soekarno-Hatta Km 15, Balikpapan, Indonesia
Abstract
We consider a quantum Stirling cycle model in which the working substance is a massless Boson particle trapped in a one-dimensional infinite potential well. The work and energy of the quantum system use a modified quantum analogy against the classical Stirling cycle by using the first law of thermodynamics in the quantum version. We use the Klein-Gordon equation to explain the behavior of a particle in each of the thermodynamic processes that compose its cycle. The quantum Stirling cycle consists of isochoric, isothermal expansion, isochoric, and isothermal compression. We find that the formulation of the Stirling cycle efficiency using relativistic quantum mechanics is similar to the classical version.
