{ "id": "cond-mat/9612179", "version": "v1", "published": "1996-12-19T17:09:03.000Z", "updated": "1996-12-19T17:09:03.000Z", "title": "Random-Matrix Theory of Quantum Transport", "authors": [ "C. W. J. Beenakker" ], "comment": "85 pages including 52 figures, to be published in Rev.Mod.Phys", "journal": "Rev.Mod.Phys. 69, 731 (1997)", "doi": "10.1103/RevModPhys.69.731", "categories": [ "cond-mat.mes-hall" ], "abstract": "This is a comprehensive review of the random-matrix approach to the theory of phase-coherent conduction in mesocopic systems. The theory is applied to a variety of physical phenomena in quantum dots and disordered wires, including universal conductance fluctuations, weak localization, Coulomb blockade, sub-Poissonian shot noise, reflectionless tunneling into a superconductor, and giant conductance oscillations in a Josephson junction.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "1996-12-19T17:09:03.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "quantum transport", "random-matrix theory", "giant conductance oscillations", "sub-poissonian shot noise", "universal conductance fluctuations" ], "tags": [ "journal article", "review article" ], "publication": { "publisher": "APS", "journal": "Rev. Mod. Phys." }, "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 85, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }