{
  "id": "cond-mat/0506050",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2005-06-02T13:35:09.000Z",
  "updated": "2005-06-02T13:35:09.000Z",
  "title": "On the Mott formula for thermopower of non-interactions electrons in quantum point contacts",
  "authors": [
    "Anders Mathias Lunde",
    "Karsten Flensberg"
  ],
  "comment": "To be published in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (7 pages, 2 figures.)",
  "journal": "J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17 (2005) 3879-3884.",
  "doi": "10.1088/0953-8984/17/25/014",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "We calculate the linear response thermopower S of a quantum point contact using the Landauer formula and therefore assume non-interacting electrons. The purpose of the paper, is to compare analytically and numerically the linear thermopower S of non-interacting electrons to the low temperature approximation, S^1=(pi^2/3e)k^2 T d(ln G(mu,T=0))/dmu, and the so-called Mott expression, S^M=(pi^2/3e)k^2 T d(ln G(mu,T))/dmu, where G(mu,T) is the (temperature dependent) conductance. This comparison is important, since the Mott formula is often used to detect deviations from single-particle behavior in the thermopower of a point contact.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2005-06-02T13:35:09.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "quantum point contact",
      "mott formula",
      "non-interactions electrons",
      "linear response thermopower",
      "low temperature approximation"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 7,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}