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Comments on the effect of disorder on transport with intermediate degree of coherence: Calculation of the mean square displacement

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We use the generalized master equation with a simple exponential memory but with disorder in its spatial dependence to analyze the combined effect of coherence and randomness on the transport of quasiparticles. We calculate the mean-square-displacement and find that it retains well-known properties in the presence of randomness.

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  1. Department of Physics, Catholic University of America, 20064, Washington, DC, Washington, USA

    Y. M. Wong

  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, 14627, Rochester, New York, USA

    V. M. Kenkre

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Wong, Y.M., Kenkre, V.M. Comments on the effect of disorder on transport with intermediate degree of coherence: Calculation of the mean square displacement. Z. Physik B - Condensed Matter 46, 185–188 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01312724

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