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The statistical properties of the fluctuations of the entropy production rate are measured for a nanomechanical oscillator relaxing from an out-of-equilibrium steady state towards thermodynamic equilibrium.

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Figure 1: Schematic representation of a conductor whose ends are in contact with two heat baths at temperature TH and TC with TH > TC.

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  1. Sergio Ciliberto is at the Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS de Lyon 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon, France,

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Ciliberto, S. On the way to equilibrium. Nature Nanotech 9, 334–335 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2014.89

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