Pier A. Mello, Narendra Kumar

Quantum Transport in Mesoscopic Systems

Complexity and Statistical Fluctuations

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents the statistical theory of complex wave scattering and quantum transport in physical systems which have chaotic classical dynamics, as in the case of microwave cavities and quantum dots, or which possess quenched randomness, as in the case of disordered conductors - with an emphasis on mesoscopic fluctuations. The statistical regularity of the phenomena is revealed in a natural way by adopting a novel maximum-entropy approach. Shannon's information entropy is
maximised, subject to the symmetries and constraints which are physically relevant, within the powerful and non-perturbative theory of random matrices; this is a most distinctive feature of the book.
Aiming for a self-contained presentation, the quantum theory of scattering, set in the context of quasi-one-dimensional, multichannel systems, and related directly to scattering problems in mesoscopic physics, is introduced in chapters two and three. The linear-response theory of quantum electronic transport, adapted to the context of mesoscopic systems, is discussed in chapter four. These chapters, together with chapter five on the maximum-entropy approach and chapter eight on weak
localization, have been written in a most pedagogical style, suitable for use on graduate courses. In chapters six and seven, the problem of electronic transport through classically chaotic cavities and quasi-one-dimensional disordered systems is discussed. Many exercises are included, most of which are worked
through in detail, aiding graduate students, teachers, and research scholars interested in the subject of quantum transport through disordered and chaotic systems.

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Produktdetails

• Mesoscopic Physics and Nanotechnology
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 789g
• ISBN-13: 9780198525820
• ISBN-10: 0198525826
• Artikelnr.: 14937481

Autorenporträt

Pier A. Mello, Instituto de Fisica, U.N.A.M., Apartado Postal 20-364, Delegacion A. Obregon, 01000 Mexico D.F., Mexico. Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email: [e-mail] Present position: Distinguished Professor of Physics at Instituto de Fisica, U.N.A.M., Mexico Narendra Kumar, Raman Research Institute, C.V. Raman Avenue, Bangalore 560080, Karnataka State, India. Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email: [e-mail] Present position: Director, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Introduction
* 2: Quantum Mechanical Time Independent Scattering Theory I
* 3: Quantum Mechanical Time Independent Scattering Theory II
* 4: Linear Response Theory of Quantum Electronic Transport
* 5: The Maximum Entropy Approach
* 6: Electronic Transport through Open Chaotic Cavities
* 7: Electronic Transport through Quasi One-Dimensional Disordered
Systems
* 8: An Introduction to Localization Theory
* A: The Theorem of Kane-Serota-Lee
* B: The Conductivity Tensor in RPA
* C: The Conductance in Terms of the Transmission Coefficient of the
Sample
* D: Evaluation of the Invariant Measure