Super-fermion representation of quantum kinetic equations for the electron transport problem

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Dzhioev, Alan A ^a,b   Kosov, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDERSON MODELS; COULOMB-BLOCKADE REGIME; ELECTRON INTERACTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXACT RESULTS; FOCK SPACES; HARTREE-FOCK APPROXIMATIONS; HERMITIANS; HYDROGEN ATOMS; LANDAUER; LINDBLAD MASTER EQUATION; MANY-BODY PROBLEMS; MANY-BODY THEORY; METAL ELECTRODES; NON EQUILIBRIUM; NON-EQUILIBRIUM STEADY STATE; OUT OF EQUILIBRIUM; QUANTUM KINETIC EQUATIONS; QUASIPARTICLES; SINGLE LEVEL;

ALGEBRA; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; HARTREE APPROXIMATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS;

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 79551575828     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3548065     Document Type: Article

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