Nonequilibrium transport at a dissipative quantum phase transition

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Contributors

  • Chung Hou Chung - , National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (Author)
  • Karyn Le Hur - , Yale University (Author)
  • Matthias Vojta - , University of Cologne (Author)
  • Peter Wölfle - , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Author)

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.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number216803
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume102
Issue number21
Publication statusPublished - 26 May 2009
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

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