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Nonequilibrium Steady States and MacLennan-Zubarev Ensembles in a Quantum Junction System

Other Condensed Matter 2015-06-25 v1

Abstract

Based on a recent progress in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics of infinitely extended quantum systems, a nonequlibrium steady state (NESS) is constructed for a single-level quantum dot interacting with two free reservoirs under less general but more practically useful conditions than the previous works. As an example, a model of an Ahoronov-Bohm ring with a quantum dot is studied in detail. Then, NESS is shown to be regarded as a MacLennan-Zubarev ensemble. A formal relation between response and correlation at NESS is derived as well.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0606259,
  title  = {Nonequilibrium Steady States and MacLennan-Zubarev Ensembles in a Quantum Junction System},
  author = {Shuichi Tasaki and Junko Takahashi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0606259},
  year   = {2015}
}

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submitted to Progress of Theoretical Physics