Extended equipartition in a mechanical system subject to a heat flow: the case of localised dissipation

@article{Fontana2020ExtendedEI,
  title={Extended equipartition in a mechanical system subject to a heat flow: the case of localised dissipation},
  author={Alex Fontana and Richard Pedurand and Ludovic Bellon},
  journal={Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment},
  year={2020},
  volume={2020}
}
Statistical physics in equilibrium grants us one of its most powerful tools: the equipartition principle. It states that the degrees of freedom of a mechanical system act as a thermometer: temperature is equal to the mean variance of their oscillations divided by their stiffness. However, when a non-equilibrium state is considered, this principle is no longer valid. In our experiment, we study the fluctuations of a micro-cantilever subject to a strong heat flow, which creates a highly non… 
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