Temperature Fluctuations for a System in Contact with a Heat Bath

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1132-1142

  Leo vanHemmen J ^a   Longtin, André ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mesoscopic; Temperature fluctuation; Thermal equilibrium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888300214     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-013-0867-9     Document Type: Article

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