A rigorous proof of the Landauer-Büttiker formula

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Cornean, Horia D ^a   Jensen, Arne ^a   Moldoveanu, Valeriu ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS PHYSICS   (Romania)

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EID: 17444379718     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1862324     Document Type: Article

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