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Wednesday, August 03, 2016
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
CNLS Conference Room (TA-3, Bldg 1690)

Seminar

Does an Inelastic Event Randomize the Phase?

Walter A. Harrison
Dept. of Applied Physics, Stanford University

Experiments on tiny conductors show fluctuations of current versus voltage which are interpreted as interference between different electron paths. Their disappearance above low temperatures is frequently attributed to inelastic events randomizing the relative phases. We show that this interpretation is not consistent with a more complete model system, which requires something more like a collapsing wave function. This same model also sheds light on the question: how long does it take for n electron to tunnel?

Host: John Willis