Persistent currents versus phase breaking in mesoscopic metallic samples

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Eckern, U [1 ]
Schwab, P [1 ]
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[1] Univ Augsburg, Inst Phys, D-86135 Augsburg, Germany
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10.1023/A:1013891902631
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O59 [应用物理学];
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Persistent currents in mesoscopic normal metal rings represent, even a decade after their first experimental observation, a challenge to both, theorists and experimentalists. After giving a brief review of the existing - experimental and theoretical - results, we concentrate on the (propsed) relationship of the size of the persistent current to the phase breaking rate. In particular, we consider effects induced by noise., scattering at two-level systems, and magnetic impurities.
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