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One dimensional systems sometimes show pathologically slow decay of currents. This robustness can be traced to the fact that an integrable model is nearby in parameter space. In integrable models some part of the current can be conserved,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2008-12-17 M. S. Hawkins , M. W. Long , X. Zotos

It is shown that when the initial particles probability density is discontinuous the emerging currents appear instantaneously, and although the density beyond the discontinuity is initially negligible the currents there have a finite value.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-11-18 Er'el Granot , Avi Marchewka

The complete charge-current density and field strength of an arbitrarily accelerated relativistic point-charge are explicitly calculated. That current includes, apart from the well-established delta-function term which is sufficient for its…

Classical Physics · Physics 2008-12-31 Andre Gsponer

We prove that, when linearized, the governing equations of an incompressible elastic continuum yield Maxwell's equations as corollaries. Through judicious distinction between the referential and local descriptions, the principle of material…

General Physics · Physics 2009-04-11 C. I. Christov

Charges are everywhere because most atoms are charged. Chemical bonds are formed by electrons with their charge. Charges move and interact according to Maxwell's equations in space and in atoms where the equations of electrodynamics are…

Biological Physics · Physics 2016-10-03 Bob Eisenberg

The effect of direct current component appearance in material with non-additive energy spectrum in the case when two electromagnetic waves with mutually transverse planes of polarization are incident normally on the surface of the sample is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-02-10 V. I. Konchenkov , S. V. Kryuchkov , D. V. Zav'yalov

We consider several fundamental optical phenomena involving single molecules in biased metal-molecule-metal junctions. The molecule is represented by its highest occupied and lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals, and the analysis involves…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Michael Galperin , Abraham Nitzan

The underlying mechanism of unconventional high-temperature superconductivity is a great challenge to condensed matter physics. However, zero dissipation of electric current is the commonness of superconductors whether they are conventional…

Classical Physics · Physics 2025-04-30 Weilong She

It is shown that the electric current of massive fermions along the external magnetic field can be excited in the case when particles possess anomalous magnetic moments and electroweakly interact with background matter. This current is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-02-15 Maxim Dvornikov

We investigate the effect of measurement on the persistent current density in a lattice ring penetrated by an Aharonov-Bohm flux and coupled to a quantum dot which is continuously monitored by a point contact detector. It is demonstrated by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Yong-Ping Zhang , Ying-Fang Gao , J. -Q. Liang

The basic stages of development of the theory of superconductivity are traced. Despite of remarkable successes of theory, the physical explanation of the phenomenon of superconductivity - of the not fading electrical current in dissipative…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yu. L. Klimontovich

We present a microscopic theory of the magnetic quadrupole moment density $\mathcal{Q}_{ij}$ in periodic crystals with combined time reversal ($\mathcal{T}$) and inversion ($\mathcal{I}$) symmetry. We obtain a gauge-invariant expression…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-15 Yang Gao , Di Xiao

Though sufficient for local conservation of charge, Maxwells displacement current is not necessary. An alternative to the Ampere-Maxwell equation is exhibited and the alternatives electric and magnetic fields and scalar and vector…

Classical Physics · Physics 2014-12-01 Alan M. Wolsky

The quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) realizes dissipationless longitudinal resistivity and quantized Hall resistance without the need of an external magnetic field. However, when reducing the device dimensions or increasing the current…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-30 Gertjan Lippertz , Andrea Bliesener , Anjana Uday , Lino M. C. Pereira , A. A. Taskin , Yoichi Ando

We report on the first experimental observation of a current-driven instability developing in a quasi-neutral matter-antimatter beam. Strong magnetic fields ($\geq$ 1 T) are measured, via means of a proton radiography technique, after the…

We study the persistent currents induced by the Aharonov-Bohm effect in a closed ring which either embeds or is directly side coupled to a quantum dot at Kondo resonance. We predict that in both cases, the persistent current is very…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Simon , I. Affleck

In equilibrium, the number of conduction electrons in a solid substance depends on the conformation of the atoms in the substance. When a magnetic field is applied, it takes time for the system to come to a new equilibrium with a new…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-09-06 Zeev Vager

The transfer of charge between different regions of a phase-coherent mesoscopic sample is investigated. Charge transfer from a side branch quantum dot into a ring changes the persistent current through a sequence of plateaus of diamagnetic…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Büttiker , C. A. Stafford

A fixed electric charge is an electric current relative to a moving magnetic field, so that it is subjected to the force of the moving magnetic field. This means that not only time-varying magnetic field produces electric field, but moving…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-07 Shangbin Cui

Theoretical explanation of the Meissner effect involves proportionality between current density and vector potential [1], which has many deep consequences. Amongst them, one can speculate that superconductors in a magnetic field "find an…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-08-07 Armen M. Gulian