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 and thermal conductance we define a fundamental quantum unit of conductance, , and diffusion of a massive gas of atomic particles, respectively given by with the Planck constant, the Boltzmann constant, the absolute temperature, the unit charge and the mass of the atomic gas particle that move balistically in a one dimensional medium of length . 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 and , and we found a quantum expression for the generalized Einstein relation that writes
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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}
}