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Negative Magneto-Resistance Beyond Weak Localization in Three-Dimensional Billiards: Effect of Arnold Diffusion

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-09-25 v1 Materials Science

Abstract

We investigate a semiclassical conductance for ballistic open three-dimensional (3-d) billiards. For partially or completely broken-ergodic 3-d billiards such as SO(2) symmetric billiards, the dependence of the conductance on the Fermi wavenumber is dramatically changed by the lead orientation. Application of a symmetry-breaking weak magnetic field brings about mixed phase-space structures of 3-d billiards which ensures a novel Arnold diffusion that cannot be seen in 2-d billiards. In contrast to the 2-d case, the anomalous increment of the conductance should inevitably include a contribution arising from Arnold diffusion as well as a weak localization correction. Discussions are devoted to the physical condition for observing this phenomenon.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0108276,
  title  = {Negative Magneto-Resistance Beyond Weak Localization in Three-Dimensional Billiards: Effect of Arnold Diffusion},
  author = {Jun Ma and Katsuhiro Nakamura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0108276},
  year   = {2009}
}

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14 pages, 3 figures