Magnetic-field symmetry of dynamic capacitances

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作者
Christen, T
Buttiker, M
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[1] Département de Physique Théorique, Universitéde Geneve
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10.1103/PhysRevB.55.R1946
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T [工业技术];
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While the static-capacitance matrix is always symmetric and thus an even function of the magnetic field, the dynamic-capacitance matrix of multiterminal samples obeys in general only the weaker Onsager-Casimir symmetry relations. Our results are in accordance with recent experimental observations of asymmetric dynamic capacitances in quantized Hall systems. We predict quantization of the four-terminal resistances of an insulating Hall sample.
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页码:R1946 / R1949
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