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Main Author: Pongsangangan, Kitinan
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.06019
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author Pongsangangan, Kitinan
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contents The purpose of this paper is to formulate a kinetic theory describing transport properties of electrons in a uniform magnetic field of arbitrary magnitude. Exposing an electronic system to a constant magnetic field quenches its energy bands into a series of discrete energy levels, known as Landau levels. The Landau-level states, exact solutions of the Schrödinger equation in a constant background magnetic field, are natural and suitable basis to use, especially, for the investigation of strong-magnetic-field phenomena. Starting from the Keldysh formalism, we derive the quantum kinetic equation from the Landau-level basis. As an illustration, we apply the kinetic equation to calculate the electrical conductivity of a two-dimensional electron gas exposed to a perpendicular magnetic field.
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spellingShingle Kinetic equation from Landau level basis: Beyond relaxation-time approximation
Pongsangangan, Kitinan
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Other Condensed Matter
High Energy Physics - Theory
The purpose of this paper is to formulate a kinetic theory describing transport properties of electrons in a uniform magnetic field of arbitrary magnitude. Exposing an electronic system to a constant magnetic field quenches its energy bands into a series of discrete energy levels, known as Landau levels. The Landau-level states, exact solutions of the Schrödinger equation in a constant background magnetic field, are natural and suitable basis to use, especially, for the investigation of strong-magnetic-field phenomena. Starting from the Keldysh formalism, we derive the quantum kinetic equation from the Landau-level basis. As an illustration, we apply the kinetic equation to calculate the electrical conductivity of a two-dimensional electron gas exposed to a perpendicular magnetic field.
title Kinetic equation from Landau level basis: Beyond relaxation-time approximation
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Other Condensed Matter
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.06019