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The fundamental unit of quantum conductance and quantum diffusion for a gas of massive particles

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2023-10-31 v1

Abstract

By analogy with the fundamental quantum units of electrical conductance G0e=2e2hG_0^e=\frac{2 e^2}{h} and thermal conductance K0t=2KB2ThK_0^t=\frac{2 K_B^2 T}{h} we define a fundamental quantum unit of conductance, G0mG_0^m, and diffusion of a massive gas of atomic particles, respectively given by G0m=m2h , D0=hm G_0^m=\frac{m^2}{h} \ , \ D_0=\frac{h}{m} with hh the Planck constant, KBK_B the Boltzmann constant, TT the absolute temperature, ee the unit charge and mm the mass of the atomic gas particle that move balistically in a one dimensional medium of length LL. The effect of scattering can be accounted for by introducing an appropriate transmission probability in analogy with the quantum electrical conductance model introduced by Landauer in 1957. For an electron gas G0m=1.25×1027 Kg2/(Js)G_0^m=1.25 \times 10^{-27} \ Kg^2/(J s) and D0=7.3×103 m2/sD_0 = 7.3 \times 10^{-3} \ m^2/s, and we found a quantum expression for the generalized Einstein relation that writes G0e=2e2mh2D0G_0^e = \frac{2e^2m}{h^2} D_0

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@article{arxiv.2310.18372,
  title  = {The fundamental unit of quantum conductance and quantum diffusion for a gas of massive particles},
  author = {Lino Reggiani and Eleonora Alfinito and Federico Intini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.18372},
  year   = {2023}
}