A general proof of Landauer-Büttiker formula

2006/03/11 by G. Nenciu, Nenciu, G.
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Mathematical Physics (math-ph) #math-ph #math.MP

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math-ph/0603030

8 pages, changes in the introductory part, reference and note added

arxiv created 2006/04/09 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We point out a general argument leading from the formula for currents through an open mesoscopic system given by the theory of non-equilibrium steady states (NESS) to the Landauer-Büttiker formula.

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