We consider the steady-state nonequilibrium behavior of mesoscopic superconducting wires connected to normal-metal reservoirs. Going beyond diffusive limit, we utilize quasiclassical theory and perform a self-consistent calculation that guarantees current conservation through entire system. from ballistic investigate several crucial phenomena such as charge imbalance, momentum-resolved nonequil...

Ballistic transportation introduces new challenges in the thermodynamic properties of a gas of particles. For example, violation of mixing, ergodicity and of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem may occur, since all these processes are connected. In this work, we obtain results for all ranges of diffusion, i.e., both for subdiffusion and superdiffusion, where the bath is such that it gives origi...

Computers may be thought of as engines for transforming free energy into waste heat and mathematical work. Existing electronic computers dissipate energy vastly in excess of the mean thermal energy kT, for purposes such as maintaining volatile storage devices in a bistable condition, synchronizing and standardizing signals, and maximizing switching speed. On the other hand, recent models due to...

BACKGROUND Serious hazards for human health and life and devices in close proximity to the magnetic resonance scanners (MRI scanners) include the effects of being hit by ferromagnetic objects attracted by static magnetic field (SMF) produced by scanner magnet - the so-called ballistic hazards classified among indirect electromagnetic hazards. International safety guidelines and technical litera...

We explain a unified approach to a study of ballistic phase for a large family of self-interacting random walks with a drift and self-interacting polymers with an external stretching force. The approach is based on a recent version of the OrnsteinZernike theory developed in Campanino et al. (2003, 2004, 2007). It leads to local limit results for various observables (e.g., displacement of the en...

We study numerically the effect of on–site Hubbard interaction U between two electrons in the quasiperiodic Harper's equation. In the periodic chain limit by mapping the problem to that of one electron in two dimensions with a diagonal line of impurities of strength U we demonstrate a band of resonance two particle pairing states starting from E = U. In the ballistic (metallic) regime we show e...

Superconducting metal leads strongly modify the electronic conductance through carbon nanotubes. Depending on the nanotube transparency, which is controlled by the gate voltage, we observe a strong enhancement of the zero-bias conductance (way above the ballistic limit of 4e/h) or formation of a tunneling gap. Subgap structures corresponding to the Multiple Andreev Reflections are also found. A...

We consider a ballistic random walk in an i.i.d. random environment that does not allow retreating in a certain fixed direction. We prove an invariance principle (functional central limit theorem) under almost every fixed environment. The assumptions are nonnestling, at least two spatial dimensions, and a 2 + ε moment for the step of the walk uniformly in the environment. The main point behind ...

Conductance quantization at room temperature is a key requirement for the utilizing of ballistic transport for, e.g., high-performance, low-power dissipating transistors operating at the upper limit of "on"-state conductance or multivalued logic gates. So far, studying conductance quantization has been restricted to high-mobility materials at ultralow temperatures and requires sophisticated nan...