Redefining Heat and Work in the Right Perspective of Second-law-of-Thermodynamics

TL;DR

This paper proposes a fundamental redefinition of heat as energy carried by photons and work as energy carried by fermions, aiming to clarify misconceptions and link thermodynamics with relativity.

Contribution

It introduces a novel perspective by redefining heat and work based on particle properties, emphasizing photon and fermion roles, and explores their implications in physics.

Findings

Heat is carried by photons (massless particles).

Work is carried by fermions (massive particles).

Links thermodynamics with relativity through particle-based definitions.

Abstract

There are some misnomers and misconceptions about what is heat and what is work; the recognition of heat and work is even more difficult when it comes to categorize energy as heat or work. Since both heat and work are energy the name-confusion does not make much difference from engineering point of view, but re-defining `heat' and `work' in the right-perspective of second-law-of-thermodynamics \cite {ref1} is necessary to revise our understanding at fundamental level. It is concluded that `heat is the energy carried by mass-less \textit{photons} whereas work is energy carried by mass-ive material \textit{fermions}'. Revised understanding of heat and work in this way has far reaching consequences in Physics [2-4]. The present paper lays emphasis on re-defining heat and work, removing the prevailing misconception, talks about single photon interaction and heat property of photon. Also, interestingly, it is noted that different fields of study such as `Thermodynamics' and `Relativity' are interlinked.