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arXiv 2001-10-29 DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.228303 0 views

Electromechanical noise in a diffusive conductor

Shytov, A. V. · Levitov, L. S. · Beenakker, C. W. J.

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Electrons moving in a conductor can transfer momentum to the lattice via collisions with impurities and boundaries, giving rise to a fluctuating mechanical stress tensor. The root-mean-squared momentum transfer per scattering event in a disordered metal (of dimension L greater than the mean free path l and screening length xi) is found to be reduced below the Fermi momentum by a factor of order l/L for shear fluctuations and (xi/L)² for pressure fluctuations. The excitation of an elastic bending mode by the shear fluctuations is estimated to fall within current experimental sensitivity for a nanomechanical oscillator.

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