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Comment on “Quantum Decoherence in Disordered Mesoscopic Systems”

Year: 1999

Type: letter

Abstract: In a recent paper, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1074 (1998), Golubev and Zaikin (GZ) found that ``zero-point fluctuations of electrons'' contribute to the dephasing rate extracted from the magnetoresistance. As a result, the dephasing rate remains finite at zero temperature. GZ claimed that their results ``agree well with the experimental data''. We point out that the GZ results are incompatible with (i) conventional perturbation theory of the effects of interaction on weak localization (WL), and (ii) with the available experimental data. More detailed criticism of GZ findings can be found in cond-mat/9808053.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.82.3190

Authors: I. L. Aleiner, B. L. Altshuler, M. E. Gershenson

Institutions: Stony Brook University, Princeton University, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Language: English

Topic: Quantum and electron transport phenomena

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2086419396

Cites: 4

Cited by: 41

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