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Landauer-like formula for dissipative tunneling

2002/02/09 by S. G. Chung, Chung, S. G.
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #FOS: Physical sciences #Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications #Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con) #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.supr-con

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0202164

4 pages, 1 figure

arxiv created 2002/02/09 · openalex publication_date 2002/02/09 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

The Landauer formula for electrical conductance is simple but works remarkably well in mesoscopic systems. We propose a Landauer-like formula for calculating an escape rate out of a dissipative metastable well, the quantum Kramers rate.

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