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arXiv:cond-mat/0009352 · AIP conference proceedings

Commutation relations in mesoscopic electric circuits

You‐Quan Li

Published Jan 1, 2000• 4 citations
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Abstract

In the talk, I briefly demonstrate the quantum theory for mesoscopic electric circuits and its applications. In the theory, the importance of the charge discreteness in a mesoscopic electric circuit is addressed. As a result, a new kind of commutation relation for electric charge and current occurred inevitably. The charge representation, canonical current representation and pseudo-current representation are discussed extensively. It not only provides a concrete realization of mathematical models which discuss the space quantization in high energy physics and quantum gravity but also presents a sequence of applications in condensed matter physics from a different point of view. A possible generalization to coupled circuits is also proposed.

DOI
10.1063/1.1337717

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