{ "id": "cond-mat/0209642", "version": "v1", "published": "2002-09-27T13:30:47.000Z", "updated": "2002-09-27T13:30:47.000Z", "title": "Full Counting Statistics: An elementary derivation of Levitov's formula", "authors": [ "I. Klich" ], "comment": "Contribution to \"Quantum Noise\", edited by Yu. V. Nazarov and Ya. M. Blanter (Kluwer)", "journal": "\"Quantum Noise in Mesoscopic Systems,\" ed. Yu V Nazarov (Kluwer, 2003)", "categories": [ "cond-mat.mes-hall", "cond-mat.stat-mech", "quant-ph" ], "abstract": "We present a novel derivation of the original Levitov formula, for the statistics of charge transported between electron reservoirs. This is done by proving a trace formula, which relates certain traces in Fock space to single particle determinants. Using the present approach we find in addition several generalizations, such as a corresponding formula for Bosons.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2002-09-27T13:30:47.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "full counting statistics", "levitovs formula", "elementary derivation", "original levitov formula", "single particle determinants" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2002cond.mat..9642K" } } }