Spin currents in thermodynamic equilibrium?
介观与纳米尺度物理
2007-05-23 v1
摘要
The standard definition of a spin current, applied to the conductors lacking inversion symmetry, results in nonzero spin currents. I demonstrate that the spin currents do not vanish even in the thermodynamic equilibrium, in the absence of external fields. These currents are dissipationless and are not associated with a real spin transport. The result should be taken as a warning indicating problems inherent in the theory of transport spin currents driven by external fields.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0311110,
title = {Spin currents in thermodynamic equilibrium?},
author = {Emmanuel I. Rashba},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0311110},
year = {2007}
}
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3 pages