arXiv · 0710.4585
Resistivity of inhomogeneous quantum wires
Abstract
We study the effect of electron-electron interactions on the transport in an inhomogeneous quantum wire. We show that contrary to the well-known Luttinger liquid result, non-uniform interactions contribute substantially to the resistance of the wire. In the regime of weakly interacting electrons and moderately low temperatures we find a linear in T resistivity induced by the interactions. We then use the bosonization technique to generalize this result to the case of arbitrarily strong interactions.
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J. Rech, K. A. Matveev. 2007-10-24. Resistivity of inhomogeneous quantum wires. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.100.066407
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