Nondiffusive Quantum Transport in a Dynamically Disordered Medium

A. M. Jayannavar and N. Kumar
Phys. Rev. Lett. 48, 553 – Published 22 February 1982
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Abstract

For a dynamically disordered continuum it is found that the exact quantum mechanical mean square displacement x2(t)t3, for t. A Gaussian white-noise spectrum is assumed for the random potential. The result differs qualitatively from the diffusive behavior well known for the one-band lattice Hamiltonian, and is understandable in terms of the momentum cutoff inherent in the lattice, simulating a "momentum bath."

  • Received 10 December 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.48.553

©1982 American Physical Society

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A. M. Jayannavar and N. Kumar

  • Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India

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Vol. 48, Iss. 8 — 22 February 1982

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