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Localization of electrons in 1D disordered systems is usually described in the random phase approximation, when distributions of phases \varphi and \theta, entering the transfer matrix, are considered as uniform. In the general case, the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2024-06-24 I. M. Suslov

In the present manuscript, we employ the Feynman path integral method to derive the propagator in one-dimensional Wigner-Dunkl quantum mechanics. To verify our findings we calculate the propagator associated with the free particle and the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-01 A. Benchikha , B. Hamil , B. C. Lütfüoğlu , B. Khantoul

Recently, a new definition for a Wigner distribution function for a one-dimensional finite quantum system, in which the position and momentum operators have a finite (multiplicity-free) spectrum, was developed. This distribution function is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-23 Roy Oste , Joris Van der Jeugt

For distinguishable particles it is well known that Brownian motion and a Feynman-Kac functional can be used to calculate the path integral (for imaginary times) for a general class of scalar potentials. In order to treat identical…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 L. F. Lemmens , F. Brosens , J. T. Devreese

All real physical processes, including of the first-passage time, occur with a change in entropy. This circumstance is not taken into account when studying the first-passage time, but is illustrated in this article using the example of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-07-30 V. V. Ryazanov

On the elementary level, electronic current consists of individual electron tunnelling events that are separated by random time intervals. The waiting time distribution is a probability to observe the electron transfer in the detector…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-21 Daniel S. Kosov

We investigate the influence of the temporal variations of various medium parameters on the propagation of Dirac-type waves in materials where the quasiparticles are described by a generalized version of the pseudospin-1/2 Dirac equation.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-06-21 Seulong Kim , Kihong Kim

The first passage time for a single diffusing particle has been studied extensively, but the first passage time of a system of many diffusing particles, as is often the case in physical systems, has received little attention until recently.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-11-22 Jacob B. Hass , Ivan Corwin , Eric I. Corwin

Based on the Dirac equation, the behavior of relativistic electrons which tunnel a potential barrier of height V0 for incoming energies between V0 and V0+m is studied by using the wave packet formalism. The choice of this incoming energy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 Stefano De Leo

With this paper we provide a mathematical review on the initial-value problem of the one-particle Dirac equation on space-like Cauchy hypersurfaces for compactly supported external potentials. We, first, discuss the physically relevant…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 D. -A. Deckert , F. Merkl

One propose a relativistic version of the transfer matrix method for an electron moving through a given number of rectangular barriers of arbitrary shape. It is shown that starting with the Dirac equation depending on the effective mass and…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 Ion I. Cotaescu , Paul Gravila , Marius Paulescu

We extend the recently proposed Time-Dependent Multi-Determinant approach (ref.[1]) to the description of fermionic propagators. The method hinges on equations of motions obtained using variational principles of Dirac type. In particular we…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-12-03 Giovanni Puddu

The dynamics of electronic tunneling through a disordered 1D chain of finite length is considered. We calculate distributions of the transmission coefficient T, Wigner delay time and, $\tau_\phi$ and the transport time, $\tau_t=T\tau_\phi$.…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-10-31 C. J. Bolton-Heaton , C. J. Lambert , Vladimir I. Falko , V. Prigodin , A. J. Epstein

A {\em propagation-dispersion equation} is derived for the first passage distribution function of a particle moving on a substrate with time delays. The equation is obtained as the continuous limit of the {\em first visit equation}, an…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jean Pierre Boon , Patrick Grosfils , James F. Lutsko

We investigate the propagation of electronic waves described by the Dirac equation subject to a L\'evy-type disorder distribution. Our numerical calculations, based on the transfer matrix method, in a system with a distribution of potential…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-27 Jonas R. F. Lima , Luiz Felipe C. Pereira , Anderson L. R. Barbosa

Two-dimensional semi-Dirac fermions are quasiparticles that disperse linearly in one direction and quadratically in the other. We investigate instabilities of semi-Dirac fermions towards charge, spin-density wave and superconducting orders,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-10-09 Mikolaj D. Uryszek , Elliot Christou , Akbar Jaefari , Frank Krüger , Bruno Uchoa

The scattering of two-dimensional (2D) massless Dirac electrons is investigated in the presence of a random array of circular mass barriers. The inverse momentum relaxation time and the Hall factor are calculated and used to obtain parallel…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 M. Ramezani Masir , A. Matulis , F. M. Peeters

We study the arrival time distribution of overdamped particles driven by a constant force in a piecewise linear random potential which generates the dichotomous random force. Our approach is based on the path integral representation of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-09-06 S. I. Denisov , M. Kostur , E. S. Denisova , P. Hänggi

Many problems in physics, biology, and economics depend upon the duration of time required for a diffusing particle to cross a boundary. As such, calculations of the distribution of first passage time, and in particular the mean first…

Biological Physics · Physics 2021-05-26 Matthew J Simpson , Daniel J Vandenheuvel , Joshua M Wilson , Scott W McCue , Elliot J Carr

Special-relativistic dynamically-generated elementary-particle mass is represented by a self-adjoint energy operator acting on a rigged Hilbert space (RHS) of functions over the 6-dimensional Euclidean-group manifold. The energy operator is…

General Physics · Physics 2008-02-21 Geoffrey F. Chew