Method for determining the conductance tensor of quantum junctions from the ground state alone*

Conductance is related to dynamical correlation functions and is considered a non-equilibrium quantity. Here we propose a method to obtain the small-bias low-temperature conductance tensors of quantum junctions through equilibrium calculations such as time-independent DMRG. Using the dependence of a finite system ground state energy on the boundary conditions, we determine the junction conductance by finding the S-matrix. The method is applicable to interacting junctions connected to an arbitrary number of non-interacting leads.