Coulomb drag by small momentum transfer between quantum wires

  • 13 August 2002
Abstract
We demonstrate that in a wide range of temperatures Coulomb drag between two weakly coupled quantum wires is dominated by processes with a small momentum transfer. Such processes contribute to the drag resistivity because the electron dispersion law is not linear. The small momentum transfer contribution scales with temperature as T^2 if the wires are identical, and as T^5 if the wires are different.