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The quantum transport equation (QTE) is extended to study weak localization (WL) effects on galvanomagnetic and thermomagnetic phenomena. QTE has many advantages over the linear response method (LRM): (i) particle-hole asymmetry which is…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Reizer , A. Sergeev

The spin Hall effect allows generation of spin current when charge current is passed along materials with large spin orbit coupling. It has been recently predicted that heat current in a non-magnetic metal can be converted into spin current…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-07 Peng Sheng , Yuya Sakuraba , Yong-Chang Lau , Saburo Takahashi , Seiji Mitani , Masamitsu Hayashi

The spin accumulation due to the spin current induced by the perpendicular temperature gradient (the spin Nernst effect) is studied in a two-dimensional electron system (2DES) with spin-orbit interaction by employing the Boltzmann equation.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-12-02 Hiroshi Akera , Hidekatsu Suzuura

The thermoelectric Nernst effect of solids converts heat flow to beneficial electronic voltages. Here, using a correlated topological semimetal with high carrier mobility $\mu$ in presence of magnetic fluctuations, we demonstrate an…

Usually the conductivity is quantized as the inverse of the resistivity, \rho=hc/ie^2, \sigma=ie^2/hc and the velocity versus the electric field is linear, v=\mu E where \mu is the mobility of the electrons.However,when the applied electric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Keshav N. Shrivastava

When a superconductor is warmed above its critical temperature $T_c$, long range order is destroyed by fluctuations in the order parameter. These fluctuations can be probed by measurements of conductivity, diamagnetism, and of the Nernst…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 Daniel Podolsky , Srinivas Raghu , Ashvin Vishwanath

This work deals with the physical system governed by a Hamiltonian operator, in two-dimensional space, of spinless charged particles subject to a perpendicular magnetic field B, coupled with a harmonic potential in the context of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-04-30 Bienvenu Gnim Adewi , Isiaka Aremua , Laure Gouba

The quantum Hall effect was originally observed in a two-dimensional electron gas forming Landau levels when exposed to a strong perpendicular magnetic field and was later generalized to Chern insulators without net magnetization. Here,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-04 Benjamin Michen , Jan Carl Budich

We study the process of heat transfer through an entangled pair of two-level system, demonstrating the role of quantum correlations in this nonequilibrium process. While quantum correlations generally degrade with increasing the temperature…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 Lian-Ao Wu , Dvira Segal

Quantum decoherence is seen as an undesired source of irreversibility that destroys quantum resources. Quantum coherences seem to be a property that vanishes at thermodynamic equilibrium. Away from equilibrium, quantum coherences challenge…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-08-13 César A. Rodríguez-Rosario , Thomas Frauenheim , Alán Aspuru-Guzik

Recently, different transport coefficients have been measured in High-Tc superconductors to pinpoint the nature of the pseudogap phase. In particular, the thermoelectric coefficients received a considerable attention both theoretically and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-01-01 Sangwoo S. Chung , Paata Kakashvili , C. J. Bolech

In the past, magnons have been shown to mediate thermal transport of spin in various systems. Here, we reveal that the fundamental coupling of scalar spin chirality, inherent to magnons, to the electronic degrees of freedom in the system…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-16 Li-chuan Zhang , Fabian R. Lux , Jan-Philipp Hanke , Patrick M. Buhl , Sergii Grytsiuk , Stefan Blügel , Yuriy Mokrousov

Several experimental efforts such as material investigation and structure improvement have been made recently to find a large anomalous Nernst effect in ferromagnetic metals. Here, we develop a theory of spin transport driven by the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-17 Tomohiro Taniguchi

In a two-dimensional electron gas, the quantized Hall conductance can be induced by a strong magnetic field, known as the quantum Hall effect, and it can also result from the strong exchange coupling of magnetic ions, dubbed as the "quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Xin Liu , Hsiu-Chuan Hsu , Chao-Xing Liu

The quanta of electrical conductance is derived for a one-dimensional electron gas both by making use of the quasi-classical motion of a quantum fluid and by using arguments related to the uncertainty principle. The result is extended to a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Apostol

We present a general hydrodynamic theory of transport in the vicinity of superfluid-insulator transitions in two spatial dimensions described by "Lorentz"-invariant quantum critical points. We allow for a weak impurity scattering rate, a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2008-11-26 Sean A. Hartnoll , Pavel K. Kovtun , Markus Mueller , Subir Sachdev

The Hall effect can be extended by inducing a temperature gradient in lieu of electric field that is known as the Nernst (-Ettingshausen) effect. The recently discovered spin Nernst effect in heavy metals continues to enrich the picture of…

Based on a thermodynamic approach, we have calculated the resistivity of a 2D electron gas, assumed $dissipationless$ in a strong quantum limit. Standard measurements, with extra current leads, define the resistivity caused by a combination…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. V. Cheremisin

In the recent years, the thermal Hall transport has risen as an important diagnosis of the physical properties of the elementary excitations in various quantum materials, especially among the Mott insulating systems where the electronic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-06-19 Xiao-Tian Zhang , Yong Hao Gao , Gang Chen

In this paper, we examine the power and efficiency of the thermionic device utilizing the Nernst effect, with a specific focus on its potential application as an engine. The device operates by utilizing the vertical heat current to generate…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-04-10 Wei Yan , Minglong Lv , Ousi Pan , Zhimin Yang , Jincan Chen , Shanhe Su