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We develop a general approach, based on the Lagrange-Noether machinery, to the definition of invariant conserved currents for gravity theories with general coordinate and local Lorentz symmetries. In this framework, every vector field \xi…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Yuri N. Obukhov , Guillermo F. Rubilar

We present a formalism to study many-particle quantum transport across a lattice locally connected to two finite, non-stationary (bosonic or fermionic) reservoirs, both of which are in a thermal state. We show that, for conserved total…

We consider systems of local variational problems defining non vanishing cohomolgy classes. In particular, we prove that the conserved current associated with a generalized symmetry, assumed to be also a symmetry of the variation of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-02-11 M. Francaviglia , M. Palese , E. Winterroth

Current is a characteristic feature of nonequilibrium systems. In stochastic systems, these currents exhibit fluctuations constrained by the rate of dissipation in accordance with the recently discovered thermodynamic uncertainty relation.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-10-30 Todd R. Gingrich , Jordan M. Horowitz

It is demonstrated using three-dimensional computer simulations that some simple non-interacting electron models that include electron scattering by grain boundaries, exhibit coexistence of large persistent currents and small conductances,…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-08-31 George Kirczenow

This review article discusses limit distributions and variance bounds for particle current in several dynamical stochastic systems of particles on the one-dimensional integer lattice: independent particles, independent particles in a random…

Probability · Mathematics 2010-07-01 Timo Seppäläinen

We investigate conservation laws in the quantum mechanics of closed systems. We review an argument showing that exact decoherence implies the exact conservation of quantities that commute with the Hamiltonian including the total energy and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-22 James B. Hartle , Raymond Laflamme , Donald Marolf

Using an exact diagonalization technique within a generalized Mott-Hubbard Hamiltonian, we predict the existence of a ground state persistent current in coherent two-dimensional semiconductor quantum dot arrays pierced by an external…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-28 R. Kotlyar , S. Das Sarma

We construct exact steady states of unitary non-equilibrium time evolution in the gapless XXZ spin-1/2 chain where integrability preserves ballistic spin transport at long-times. We characterize the quasi-local conserved quantities…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-08-23 Andrea De Luca , Mario Collura , Jacopo De Nardis

We develop a formalism relating nonlocal current continuity to spatial symmetries of subparts in discrete Schr\"odinger systems. Breaking of such local symmetries hereby generates sources or sinks for the associated nonlocal currents. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-27 C. V. Morfonios , P. A. Kalozoumis , F. K. Diakonos , P. Schmelcher

We show from the symmetries of the many body Hamiltonian, cast into the form of the Heisenberg (spin) Hamiltonian, that the fractional periodicities of persistent currents are due to the breakdown of internal symmetry and the spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Singha Deo , P. Koskinen , M. Koskinen , M. Manninen

We have considered a system of a metallic ring coupled to two electron reservoirs. We show that in the presence of a transport current, the persistent current can flow in a ring, even in the absence of magnetic field. This is purely a…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 A. M. Jayannavar , P. Singha Deo

We develop a framework to describe how quantum coherences between distinct charge sectors evolve under generic charge-conserving dynamics. Our framework captures the nonperturbative interactions between quantum coherences and hydrodynamic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-01 Ewan McCulloch , J. Alexander Jacoby , Sarang Gopalakrishnan

Characterizing current fluctuations in a steady state is of fundamental interest and has attracted considerable attention in the recent past. However, the bulk of the studies are limited to systems that either do not exhibit a phase…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-12-05 Tanmoy Chakraborty , Punyabrata Pradhan , Kavita Jain

We consider a chain of $n$ coupled oscillators placed on a one-dimensional lattice with periodic boundary conditions. The interaction between particles is determined by a weakly anharmonic potential $V_n = r^2/2 + \sigma_nU(r)$, where $U$…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-07-21 Lu Xu

We embark on a systematic study of continuous non-invertible symmetries, focusing on 1+1d CFTs. We describe a generalized version of Noether's theorem, where continuous non-invertible symmetries are associated to $\textit{non-local}$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-08-18 Diego Delmastro , Adar Sharon , Yunqin Zheng

Phenomenological nonequilibrium thermodynamics describes how fluxes of conserved quantities such as matter, energy and charge flow from outer reservoirs across a system, and how they irreversibly degrade from one form to another. Stochastic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-11-15 Matteo Polettini , Gregory Bulnes Cuetara , Massimiliano Esposito

We consider the increase of the spatial variance of some inhomogeneous, non-equilibrium density (particles, energy, etc.) in a periodic quantum system of condensed matter-type. This is done for a certain class of initial quantum states…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-23 Robin Steinigeweg , Hannu Wichterich , Jochen Gemmer

The very notion of a current fluctuation is problematic in the quantum context. We study that problem in the context of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, both in a microscopic setup and in a Markovian model. Our answer is based on a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-14 Jan Derezinski , Wojciech De Roeck , Christian Maes

Persistent currents flowing in spatially closed tracks define one of the most iconic concepts in mesoscopic physics. They have been studied in solid-state platforms such as superfluids, superconductors and metals. Cold atoms trapped in…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-07-25 Juan Polo , Wayne Jordan Chetcuti , Tobias Haug , Anna Minguzzi , Kevin Wright , Luigi Amico