Experimental Assessment of Entropy Production in a Continuously Measured Mechanical Resonator

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Experimental Assessment of Entropy Production in a Continuously Measured Mechanical Resonator. / Rossi, Massimiliano; Mancino, Luca; Landi, Gabriel T.; Paternostro, Mauro; mwh574, mwh574; Belenchia, Alessio.

In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 125, No. 8, 080601, 19.08.2020.

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Rossi, M, Mancino, L, Landi, GT, Paternostro, M, mwh574, M & Belenchia, A 2020, 'Experimental Assessment of Entropy Production in a Continuously Measured Mechanical Resonator', Physical Review Letters, vol. 125, no. 8, 080601. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.080601

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Rossi, M., Mancino, L., Landi, G. T., Paternostro, M., mwh574, M., & Belenchia, A. (2020). Experimental Assessment of Entropy Production in a Continuously Measured Mechanical Resonator. Physical Review Letters, 125(8), [080601]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.080601

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Rossi M, Mancino L, Landi GT, Paternostro M, mwh574 M, Belenchia A. Experimental Assessment of Entropy Production in a Continuously Measured Mechanical Resonator. Physical Review Letters. 2020 Aug 19;125(8). 080601. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.080601

Author

Rossi, Massimiliano ; Mancino, Luca ; Landi, Gabriel T. ; Paternostro, Mauro ; mwh574, mwh574 ; Belenchia, Alessio. / Experimental Assessment of Entropy Production in a Continuously Measured Mechanical Resonator. In: Physical Review Letters. 2020 ; Vol. 125, No. 8.

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