17 research outputs found
Electron transport in Coulomb- and tunnel-coupled one-dimensional systems
We develop a linear theory of electron transport for a system of two
identical quantum wires in a wide range of the wire length L, unifying both the
ballistic and diffusive transport regimes. The microscopic model, involving the
interaction of electrons with each other and with bulk acoustical phonons
allows a reduction of the quantum kinetic equation to a set of coupled
equations for the local chemical potentials for forward- and backward-moving
electrons in the wires. As an application of the general solution of these
equations, we consider different kinds of electrical contacts to the
double-wire system and calculate the direct resistance, the transresistance, in
the presence of tunneling and Coulomb drag, and the tunneling resistance. If L
is smaller than the backscattering length l_P, both the tunneling and the drag
lead to a negative transresistance, while in the diffusive regime (L >>l_P) the
tunneling opposes the drag and leads to a positive transresistance. If L is
smaller than the phase-breaking length, the tunneling leads to interference
oscillations of the resistances that are damped exponentially with L.Comment: Text 14 pages in Latex/Revtex format, 4 Postscript figure
Strongly Non-Equilibrium Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Trapped Gas
We present a qualitative (and quantitative, at the level of estimates)
analysis of the ordering kinetics in a strongly non-equilibrium state of a
weakly interacting Bose gas, trapped with an external potential. At certain
conditions, the ordering process is predicted to be even more rich than in the
homogeneous case. Like in the homogeneous case, the most characteristic feature
of the full-scale non-equilibrium process is the formation of superfluid
turbulence.Comment: 4 pages, revtex, no figures. Submitted to PR
Ion species fractions in the far-field plume of a high-specific impulse Hall thruster
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/76418/1/AIAA-2003-5001-731.pd
Propellant Charring in Pulsed Plasma Thrusters
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/76437/1/AIAA-2471-899.pd
Near- and far-field plume studies of a one-kilowatt arcjet
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/76045/1/AIAA-23997-966.pd
Optimization Issues for a Micropulsed Plasma Thruster
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/76083/1/AIAA-13954-648.pd
Optimization Issues for a Micro-Pulsed Plasma Thruster
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/76099/1/AIAA-2004-4119-578.pd