Charge Current Density from the Scattering Matrix

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2000-06-02

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0006031v1

Physics Letters A 279 (2001) 81-86

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

4 pages, 1 figure

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0375-9601(00)00798-2

A method to derive the charge current density and its quantum mechanical correlation from the scattering matrix is discussed for quantum scattering systems described by a time-dependent Hamiltonian operator. The current density and charge density are expressed with the help of functional derivatives with respect to the vector potential and the electric potential. A condition imposed by the requirement that these local quantities are gauge invariant is considered. Our formulas lead to a direct relation between the local density of states and the total current density at a given energy. To illustrate the results we consider, as an example, a chiral ladder model.

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