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A simple system with two temperatures

Statistical Mechanics 2009-10-31 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

Abstract

We study the stationary nonequilibrium regime which settles in when two single-spin paramagnets each in contact with its own thermal bath are coupled. The response vs. correlation plot exhibits some features of aging systems, in particular the existence, in some regimes, of effective temperatures.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9911077,
  title  = {A simple system with two temperatures},
  author = {Raphael Exartier and Luca Peliti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9911077},
  year   = {2009}
}

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7 pages, 3 figures