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Energy distribution of electrons in an out-of-equilibrium metallic wire

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Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter

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We have measured with a tunnel probe the energy distribution function of quasiparticles in the middle of a 1:5 µm-long copper wire placed between two reservoirs at different potentials. We find a distribution function close to half the sum of the Fermi distributions in the reservoirs. The deviation from this behavior is not yet understood.

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  1. Service de Physique de l'Etat Condensé, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Saclay, F-91191, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France

    H. Pothier, S. Guéron, Norman O. Birge & D. Esteve

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An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002570050435.

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Pothier, H., Guéron, S., Birge, N.O. et al. Energy distribution of electrons in an out-of-equilibrium metallic wire. Z. Phys. B - Condensed Matter 103, 313–318 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002570050379

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