Coulomb drag by small momentum transfer between quantum wires
19 September 2003
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.