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Joule heating and electronic Gurzhi effect in hydrodynamic differential transport in an electron liquid

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2026-05-26 v1

Abstract

We perform a differential resistance study in the hydrodynamic regime of electron liquid in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells. At zero magnetic field (BB) a Lorentzian profile occurs in the nonlinear transport driven by a U-turn (ac) current loop, in (ac + dc) measurements a minimum deepens with the external dc current bias (jdcj_{dc}). Our analysis shows that the observed electronic transport valley induced by jdcj_{dc} is attributed to Joule heating effect on the electron temperature (TeT_{e}) of electron liquid. Quantitatively, we demonstrate that the viscosity resistivity (Δρ\Delta \rho) is proportional to T2T^{-2} and is consistent with the dc-current induced electronic Gurzhi effect in various configurations of measurement.

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@article{arxiv.2603.21346,
  title  = {Joule heating and electronic Gurzhi effect in hydrodynamic differential transport in an electron liquid},
  author = {Yi Wang and Shu-Yu Zheng and Li Lu and Kai Chang and Chi Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.21346},
  year   = {2026}
}