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Quantum Decoherence and the "P(E)-Theory"

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We point out a close physical and formal similarity between the problems of electron tunneling in the effective environment and the weak localization effects in the presence of interactions. In both cases the results are expressed in terms of the ``energy probability distribution function'' P(E)P(E) which has a finite width even at T=0 due to interactions.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9907497,
  title  = {Quantum Decoherence and the "P(E)-Theory"},
  author = {D. S. Golubev and A. D. Zaikin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9907497},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

5 pages, to appear in: Quantum Physics at Mesoscopic Scale, eds. D.C. Glattli, M. Sanquer and J. Tran Thanh Van (Frontieres, 1999)