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      Current fluctuations in composite conductors: Beyond the second cumulant

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          Employing the non-linear \(\sigma\)-model we analyze current fluctuations in coherent composite conductors which contain a diffusive element in-between two tunnel barriers. For such systems we explicitly evaluate the frequency-dependent third current cumulant which also determines the leading Coulomb interaction correction to shot noise. Our predictions can be directly tested in future experiments.

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              Hydrodynamic electron flow in high-mobility wires

              Hydrodynamic electron flow is experimentally observed in the differential resistance of electrostatically defined wires in the two-dimensional electron gas in (Al,Ga)As heterostructures. In these experiments current heating is used to induce a controlled increase in the number of electron-electron collisions in the wire. The interplay between the partly diffusive wire-boundary scattering and the electron-electron scattering leads first to an increase and then to a decrease of the resistance of the wire with increasing current. These effects are the electronic analog of Knudsen and Poiseuille flow in gas transport, respectively. The electron flow is studied theoretically through a Boltzmann transport equation, which includes impurity, electron-electron, and boundary scattering. A solution is obtained for arbitrary scattering parameters. By calculation of flow profiles inside the wire it is demonstrated how normal flow evolves into Poiseuille flow. The boundary-scattering parameters for the gate-defined wires can be deduced from the magnitude of the Knudsen effect. Good agreement between experiment and theory is obtained.
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                24 March 2011
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                10.1103/PhysRevB.84.115418
                1103.4754
                fb762848-cca1-42d0-bc57-6dca1d2ed3fd

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                Phys. Rev. B 84, 115418 (2011)
                6 pages, 1 figure
                cond-mat.mes-hall

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