Print Email Facebook Twitter Statistics of Temperature Fluctuations in an Electron System out of Equilibrium Title Statistics of Temperature Fluctuations in an Electron System out of Equilibrium Author Heikkilä, T.T. Nazarov, Y.V. Faculty Applied Sciences Department Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Date 2009-04-03 Abstract 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. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d4d20131-e6e1-4ac8-afc9-1e566a32e676 DOI https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.130605 Publisher American Physical Society ISSN 1079-7114 Source Physical Review Letters, 102 (13), 2009 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights (c) 2009 The Authors ; American Physical Society Files PDF Nazarov2_2009.pdf 239.89 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:d4d20131-e6e1-4ac8-afc9-1e566a32e676/datastream/OBJ/view