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On Quantum Noise

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We discuss the distribution function for the current noise in Quantum point contacts. Special interest is paid to contact of a superconductor with a normal metal. A new derivation of the Lesovik-Levitov formulae is suggested. It is shown, for the SN point contacts, that the distribution of the noise describes independent processes when charge ±e 0 or ±2e 0 passes through the contact. At low temperature and voltage only processes with double charge transfer are relevant. At zero temperature and low voltage the distribution has a binomial form.

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  1. Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK

    B. A. Muzykantskii & D. E. Khmelnitskii

  2. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow, Russia

    B. A. Muzykantskii & D. E. Khmelnitskii

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  1. International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Miramare, Trieste, Italy

    Hilda A. Cerdeira

  2. I. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Bernhard Kramer

  3. Institut für Theoretische Festkörperphysik, Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Gerd Schön

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Muzykantskii, B.A., Khmelnitskii, D.E. (1995). On Quantum Noise. In: Cerdeira, H.A., Kramer, B., Schön, G. (eds) Quantum Dynamics of Submicron Structures. NATO ASI Series, vol 291. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0019-9_28

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