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Statistical physics of self-replication.
Paper summary
Derives thermodynamic constraints on self-replication in a system coupled to a thermal bath. A lower bound on heat production relates replication to irreversibility, internal entropy, and the possibility of decay or reverse processes.
Relevance to the project
Useful for physical interpretations of recurrence and resource costs. Keep a lower-bound constraint distinct from a claim that replication maximizes dissipation.
Applying the bound requires defined physical states and assumptions absent from the abstract ledger.
Source record
- Reference ID
- doi-10-1063-1-4818538
- Archived version
- Author-hosted published Journal of Chemical Physics PDF
- Summary provenance
- reference-library/papers/doi-10-1063-1-4818538/metadata.json · summary
- Review status
- initial orientation summary; not a critical full-paper review
- Reading scope
- Selected abstract/opening and available closing discussion/conclusion passages in the preserved text extract; broader project notes provide context. No reproduction of experiments, exhaustive methods review, or equation/figure audit.