Nonequilibrium transport at a dissipative quantum phase transition

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Beitragende

  • Chung Hou Chung - , National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (Autor:in)
  • Karyn Le Hur - , Yale University (Autor:in)
  • Matthias Vojta - , Universität zu Köln (Autor:in)
  • Peter Wölfle - , Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (Autor:in)

Abstract

We investigate the nonequilibrium transport near a quantum phase transition in a generic and relatively simple model, the dissipative resonant level model, that has many applications for nanosystems. We formulate a rigorous mapping and apply a controlled frequency-dependent renormalization group approach to compute the nonequilibrium current in the presence of a finite bias voltage V and a finite temperature T. For V→0, we find that the conductance has its well-known equilibrium form, while it displays a distinct nonequilibrium profile at finite voltage.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer216803
FachzeitschriftPhysical review letters
Jahrgang102
Ausgabenummer21
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 26 Mai 2009
Peer-Review-StatusJa
Extern publiziertJa

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