Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1808704 | Physica B: Condensed Matter | 2015 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We study a dilute gas made of quantum circuits with discrete charge, interacting with a thermal reservoir at absolute temperature T, using Boltzmann statistics. This system is described by a quantum Hamiltonian that explicitly includes the effect of the discrete nature of the electric charge within a circuit approach. The eigenfunctions can be expressed as solutions of the Mathieu equation, and the energy spectrum is related to its characteristic values. We also make a comparative numerical study of the thermal properties, between the quantum case with discrete charge, and the so-called semiclassical approximation.
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Authors
C.A. Utreras-Díaz, D. Laroze,