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Dynamic conductivity of the one-dimensional ion conductor is investigated at different values of the interaction constant between particles and the modulating field. The consideration is based on the hard-core boson lattice model.…
The conductance of one-dimensional interacting electron systems is calculated in a manner similar to Landauer's argument for non-interacting systems. Unlike in previous studies in which the Kubo formula was used, the conductance is directly…
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Ionic conductivity in solid electrolytes is commonly expected to exhibit Arrhenius dependence on temperature, determined by a well-defined activation energy. Consequently, a standard approach involves calculating this energy using…
In this expository article, we present a systematic formal derivation of the Kubo formula for the linear-response current due to a time-harmonic electric field applied to non-interacting, spinless charged particles in a finite volume in the…
The conductance through a semi-infinite one-dimensional wire, partly embedded in a superconducting bulk electrode, is studied. When the electron-electron interactions within the wire are strongly repulsive, the wire effectively decouples…
We consider the effect of the RKKY interaction between magnetic impurities on the electron relaxation rates in a normal metal. The interplay between the RKKY interaction and the Kondo effect may result in a non-monotonic temperature…
An expression for the electrical conductivity at the core of a magnetar is derived using Boltzmann kinetic equation with the relaxation time approximation. The rates for the relevant scattering processes, e.g., electron-electron and…
One of the goals of current cosmological studies is the determination of the expansion and acceleration rates of the universe as functions of redshift, and the determination of the properties of the dark energy that can explain these…
In the framework of the perturbation theory an expression suitable for calculation of the effective conductivity of 3-D inhomogeneous metals is derived. Formally, the final expression is an exact result, however, a function written as a…
We measure the conductivity of neutral fermions in a cubic optical lattice. Using in-situ fluorescence microscopy, we observe the alternating current resultant from a single-frequency uniform force applied by displacement of a weak harmonic…
The Drude-Smith model successfully describes the frequency and phase-resolved electrical conductivity data for a surprisingly broad range of systems, especially in the terahertz region. Still, its interpretation is unclear since its…