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Physical review. B, Condensed matter

Combined effect of disorder and interaction on the conductance of a one-dimensional fermion system

W. Apel, Thomas Maurice Rice

Published Dec 15, 1982• 212 citations
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Abstract

It is shown that the conductance of an interacting one-dimensional system may be expressed in the form of a Landauer formula. An insulator-ideal-conductor transition is found as the interaction is varied at zero temperature.
DOI
10.1103/physrevb.26.7063

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