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On the way to equilibrium

Nature Nanotechnology volume 9, pages 334–335 (2014)Cite this article

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The statistical properties of the fluctuations of the entropy production rate are measured for a nanomechanical oscillator relaxing from an out-of-equilibrium steady state towards thermodynamic equilibrium.

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Figure 1: Schematic representation of a conductor whose ends are in contact with two heat baths at temperature TH and TC with TH > TC.

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  1. Sergio Ciliberto is at the Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS de Lyon 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon, France,

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