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The currents at the terminals of a mesoscopic conductor are evaluated in the presence of slowly oscillating potentials applied to the contacts of the sample. The need to find a charge- and current-conserving solution to this dynamic current partition problem is emphasized. We present results for the electrochemical admittance describing the long-range Coulomb interaction in a Hartree approach. For multiply connected samples we discuss the symmetry of the admittance under the reversal of an Aharonov-Bohm flux.
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Büttiker, M. Time-dependent current partition in mesoscopic conductors. Nuov Cim B 110, 509–522 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02741461
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