 Thermally rounded channel threshold (source code)

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= Thermally rounded channel threshold

For perfect transmission above threshold $E_n$, integrating $-df/dE$ gives $G_n=(e^2/h)f(E_n)$. Thermal occupation rounds a zero-temperature conductance step over an energy range of order $k_BT$.

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