Bokes, P, Mera, H and Godby, R W orcid.org/0000-0002-1012-4176 (2005) Current-constraining variational approaches to quantum transport. Physical Review B. 165425. -. ISSN 2469-9969
Abstract
Presently, the main methods for describing a nonequilibrium charge-transporting steady state are based on time-evolving it from the initial zero-current situation. An alternative class of theories would give the statistical nonequilibrium density operator from principles of statistical mechanics, in a spirit close to Gibbs ensembles for equilibrium systems, leading to a variational principle for the nonequilibrium steady state. We discuss the existing attempts to achieve this using the maximum entropy principle based on constraining the average current. We show that the current-constrained theories result in a zero-induced drop in electrostatic potential, so that such ensembles cannot correspond to the time-evolved density matrix, unless left- and right-going scattering states are mutually incoherent.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2005 American Physical Society. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Physical Review B and uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self archiving policy. |
Keywords: | MESOSCOPIC TRANSPORT,SYSTEMS,CONDUCTORS |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Physics (York) |
Depositing User: | Physics Import |
Date Deposited: | 19 Aug 2008 09:24 |
Last Modified: | 25 Nov 2024 00:17 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.72.165425 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.165425 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:4026 |