Adiabatically switched-on electrical bias and the Landauer-Büttiker formula

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Cornean, H D ^a   Duclos, P ^b   Nenciu, G ^c,d   Purice, R ^d  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Romania)

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EID: 55349144498     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2992839     Document Type: Article

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