Limits to the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Experiment and Theory

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue will collect a limited number of selected papers presented at the symposium “Limits to the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Experiment and Theory” at the 97^th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the AAAS, which was held at the University of San Diego, CA, USA, 14–17 June, 2016. Symposium web site: http://associations.sou.edu/aaaspd/2016SANDIEGO/Symposia16.htm.

The second law of thermodynamics is foundational to science, engineering and technology. During the past two decades, more than two dozen challenges to it have been advanced into the general scientific literature by research groups worldwide. In recent years, several have undergone laboratory test, their results indicating the second law might not be universal. In this symposium, the current experimental and theoretical status of the second law were explored.

Topics included Maxwell's demon, recent experimentally-testable second law challenges, quantum decoherence, the arrow of time, black holes, and developments in the theory of nonequilibrium systems. Special attention was paid to theories and experiments addressing the question of the second law's universality.

Prof. Dr. Daniel P. Sheehan
Guest Editor

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