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Introduction and a Brief Review of Experimental Systems |
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1 | (8) |
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1 | (3) |
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A Brief Description of Systems and Fabrication Methods |
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4 | (5) |
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Quantum Transport, Anderson Localization |
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9 | (23) |
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9 | (6) |
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11 | (4) |
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Thermally Activated Conduction in the Localized Regime |
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15 | (2) |
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The Thouless Picture, Localization in Thin Wires and Finite Temperature Effects |
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17 | (4) |
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The Scaling Theory of Localization and its Consequences |
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21 | (8) |
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21 | (2) |
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23 | (1) |
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The Case d > 2, the M-I Transition |
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24 | (5) |
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The Weakly Localized Regime |
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29 | (3) |
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Dephasing by Coupling with the Environment, Application to Coulomb Electron-Electron Interactions in Metals |
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32 | (26) |
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Introduction and Review of the Principles of Dephasing |
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32 | (8) |
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Dephasing by the Electron-Electron Interaction |
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40 | (5) |
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Review of Results in Various Dimensions |
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45 | (5) |
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Dephasing Time vs. Electron-Electron Scattering Time |
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50 | (3) |
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A Useful Expression for the Dephasing Rate and a Discussion of the T → O Limit |
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53 | (5) |
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Mesoscopic Effects in Equilibrium and Static Properties |
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58 | (26) |
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Introductory Remarks, Thermodynamic Fluctuation Effects |
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58 | (4) |
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Quantum Interference in Equilibrium Properties, Persistent Currents |
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62 | (22) |
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Generalities, Simple Situations |
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62 | (6) |
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Independent Electrons in Disordered Systems |
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68 | (4) |
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The Semiclassical Picture |
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72 | (4) |
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General Results on Ensemble-averaged Persistent Currents for Constant N |
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76 | (2) |
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Semiclassical Theory of Spectral Correlations, Applications to Rings |
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78 | (2) |
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Interaction Effects on the Persistent Currents |
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80 | (4) |
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Quantum Interference Effects in Transport Properties, the Landauer Formulation and Applications |
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84 | (32) |
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Generalities, Remarks on the Kubo Conductivity for Finite Systems |
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84 | (3) |
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The Landauer-type Formulation for Conductance in a Mesoscopic System and Some of its Generalizations |
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87 | (13) |
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Introduction: The ``Single-channel'' Case |
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87 | (3) |
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The Multichannel Landauer Formulation |
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90 | (7) |
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The Onsager-type Relationship in a Magnetic Field: Generalized Multiterminal Conductance Formulas |
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97 | (3) |
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Applications of the Landauer Formulation |
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100 | (16) |
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Series Addition of Quantum Resistors, 1D Localization |
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100 | (3) |
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Parallel Addition of Quantum Resistors, A-B Oscillations of the Conductance |
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103 | (9) |
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On the Universality of the Conductance Fluctuations |
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112 | (4) |
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116 | (21) |
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116 | (5) |
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121 | (4) |
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Localization in Strong Magnetic Fields and the QHE |
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125 | (4) |
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Brief Remarks on the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect (FQHE) |
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129 | (8) |
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Mesoscopics with Superconductivity |
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137 | (27) |
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137 | (3) |
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Superconducting Rings and Thin Wires |
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140 | (9) |
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Weakly Coupled Superconductors, the Josephson Effect and SNS Junctions |
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149 | (5) |
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149 | (2) |
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The Josephson Junction and Other Weak Links |
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151 | (3) |
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Brief Remarks on Vortices |
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154 | (1) |
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The Andreev Reflection, More on SN and SNS Junctions |
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155 | (9) |
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Noise in Mesoscopic Systems |
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164 | (20) |
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164 | (2) |
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Shot-Noise for ``Radiation'' from a Reservoir |
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166 | (3) |
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Low-Frequency (1/f) Noise |
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169 | (4) |
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Quantum Theory of Noise Correlators |
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173 | (11) |
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Introduction and Generalities |
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173 | (2) |
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Thermal Flows Between Coupled Systems |
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175 | (1) |
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An Antenna Coupled to an EM Field with an Arbitrary Number of Photons |
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176 | (1) |
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The Detection of Quantum Noise |
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176 | (1) |
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Derivation of the Basic Noise Results in the Quantum Domain |
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177 | (7) |
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184 | (22) |
| Appendices |
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A The Kubo, Linear Response, Formulation |
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191 | (3) |
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B The Kubo-Greenwood Conductivity and the Edwards-Thouless Relationships |
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194 | (1) |
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C The Aharonov-Bohm Effect and the Byers-Yang and Bloch Theorem |
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195 | (1) |
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D Derivation of Matrix Elements in the Diffusion Regime |
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196 | (1) |
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E A More Careful Treatment of Dephasing in 2D Conductors at Low Temperatures |
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197 | (1) |
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F Anomalies in the Density of States (DOS) |
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198 | (2) |
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G Quasiclassical Theory of Spectral Correlations |
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200 | (2) |
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H Details of the Four-Terminal Formulation |
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202 | (1) |
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I Universality of the Conductance Fluctuations in Terms of the Universal Correlation of Transmission Eigenvalues |
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203 | (2) |
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J The Conductance of Ballistic ``Point Contacts'' |
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205 | (1) |
| References |
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206 | (28) |
| Index |
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