Signature of the electron-electron interaction in the magnetic-field dependence of nonlinear I-V characteristics in mesoscopic systems

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 22, 2004, Pages

  Spivak, B ^a   Zyuzin, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON HAMILTONIAN; ELECTRON-ELECTRON INTERACTIONS; METALLIC CONDUCTIVITY; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CORRELATION METHODS; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENTROPY; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; OSCILLATIONS; REACTION KINETICS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION;

EID: 42749108384     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.226801     Document Type: Article

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