Current-constraining variational approaches to quantum transport

Details Current-constraining variational approaches to quantum transport Current-constraining variational approaches to quantum transport

2005-07-19

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0507448v1

Phys. Rev. B 72, 165425 (2005).

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

23 pages

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.72.165425

Presently, the main methods for describing a non-equilibrium charge-transporting steady state are based on time-evolving it from the initial zero-current situation. An alternative class of theories would give the statistical non-equilibrium density operator from principles of statistical mechanics, in a spirit close to Gibbs ensembles for equilibrium systems, leading to a variational principle for the non-equilibrium steady state. We discuss the existing attempts to achieve this using the maximum entropy principle based on constraining the average current. We show that the current-constrained theories result in a zero induced drop in electrostatic potential, so that such ensembles cannot correspond to the time-evolved density matrix, unless left- and right-going scattering states are mutually incoherent.

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