Independent electron model for open quantum systems: Landauer-Büttiker formula and strict positivity of the entropy production

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Nenciu, Gheorghe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Romania)

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EID: 34047150674     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2712418     Document Type: Article

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