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arxiv: cond-mat/9404088 · v1 · submitted 1994-04-27 · ❄️ cond-mat

Non-Equilibrium Magnetization in a Ballistic Quantum Dot

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keywords ballisticbackscatteringeffectfluxinelasticmagneticoscillationsquantum
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We show that Aharonov-Bohm (AB) oscillations in the magnetic moment of an integrable ballistic quantum dot can be destroyed by a time dependent magnetic flux. The effect is due to a nonequilibrium population of perfectly coherent electronic states. For real ballistic systems the equilibrization process, which involves a special type of inelastic electron backscattering, can be so ineffective, that AB oscillations are suppressed when the flux varies with frequency $\omega\sim$ 10$^7$-10$^8$ s$^{-1}$. The effect can be used to measure relaxation times for inelastic backscattering.

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