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arxiv: 2605.26223 · v1 · pith:JNODKA4Tnew · submitted 2026-05-25 · ❄️ cond-mat.str-el

Quantum Interference Corrections in Electron Hydrodynamics

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keywords hydrodynamiccorrectionselectroninterferencestressappearschannelcharge
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We show that quantum-interference corrections in an electron fluid are tightly constrained by hydrodynamic Ward identities: charge and momentum conservation protect the $m=0,\pm1$ sectors, so the leading correction first appears in the spin-two $m=\pm2$ stress sector. The resulting hydrodynamic Cooperon has a robust infrared structure that renormalizes stress relaxation, and hence the viscosity. In channel flow this lowers the viscous resistivity, producing a hydrodynamic interference signature with the opposite sign to ordinary weak localization.

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