Exact expression for the large deviations of mesoscopic currents

Abstract

Large deviations quantify the occurrence of events that depart from the average behavior of a system. In this note we derive an exact expression for their moment generating function. This expression offers a new tool to investigate the behavior of mesoscopic systems. To illustrate our result, we derive the exact formulae for the current fluctuations in a disordered ring and in a model of ion transport through a membrane.

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