11.md

title: Problem Set 11

(14.1)

{:.question} Do a Taylor expansion of equation (14.6) around V = 0.

Equation 14.6 states

E \approx 2 E_F - 2 E_C e^{-2/(N_F V)}

The Taylor expansion of e^x about zero is

e^x = \sum_{n = 0}^\infty \frac{x^n}{n!}

so

E \approx 2 E_F - 2 E_C \sum_{n = 0}^\infty \frac{1}{n!} \left( \frac{-2}{N_F V} \right)^n

But this is an expansion around V = \infty.

If you really want an expansion about V = 0, note that

\frac{d}{dx} e^{x^{-1}} = -x^{-2} e^{x^{-1}}

As we keep taking higher derivatives we'll get more and more negative powers of x, but we'll never get rid of the e^{1/x}. So at x = 0 the latter term dominates, meaning the function and all its derivatives are zero. Thus the Taylor expansion about zero is identically zero.

Plugging this into equation 14.6 gives us the rather uninteresting

E \approx 2 E_F

(14.2)

{:.question} Problem 6.5 showed that for a Kibble balance the current I measured in the dynamic phase and the voltage V measured in the static phase are related to the mass m, gravitational constant g, and velocity v by IV = mgv. Using the inverse AC Josephson effect (equation 14.25) to determine the voltage, and the quantum Hall effect (equation 13.41) along with the inverse AC Josephson effect to determine the current, relate the measurement to fundamental constant(s).

In problem 6.5 in problem set 4 we found that

m = -\frac{I V}{g v}

The AC Josephson effect gives us a relation between voltage and frequency that only depends on fundamental constants (and n, a positive integer).