Local temperature of out-of-equilibrium quantum electron systems

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Meair, J ^a   Bergfield, J P ^b   Stafford, C A ^a   Jacquod, Ph ^c,d  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84904309176     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.90.035407     Document Type: Article

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