Statistics of temperature fluctuations in an electron system out of equilibrium

Details Statistics of temperature fluctuations in an electron system out of equilibrium Statistics of temperature fluctuations in an electron system out of equilibrium

2008-12-05

arxiv.org/abs/0812.1142v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

4 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.130605

We study the statistics of the fluctuating electron temperature in a metallic island coupled to reservoirs via resistive contacts and driven out of equilibrium by either a temperature or voltage difference between the reservoirs. The fluctuations of temperature are well-defined provided that the energy relaxation rate inside the island exceeds the rate of energy exchange with the reservoirs. We quantify these fluctuations in the regime beyond the Gaussian approximation and elucidate their dependence on the nature of the electronic contacts.

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