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Quantum dots with disorder and interactions: a solvable large-g limit.

Ganpathy Murthy1, R Shankar

  • 1Physics Department, University of Kentucky, Lexington Kentucky 40506-0055, USA.

Physical Review Letters
|March 14, 2003
PubMed
Summary

We studied interacting electrons in quantum dots, finding a phase transition driven by Landau parameters. This transition alters low-energy physics, revealing distinct weak and strong coupling behaviors.

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Area of Science:

  • Quantum physics
  • Condensed matter physics
  • Mesoscopic systems

Background:

  • Interacting electrons in quantum dots are crucial for understanding quantum phenomena.
  • Chaotic boundary conditions and Landau parameters govern electron interactions at low energies.
  • Disordered systems present challenges for theoretical analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze interacting electrons on a ballistic quantum dot with chaotic boundary conditions.
  • To investigate the role of Landau parameters in low-energy effective interactions.
  • To explore the phase transition in a disordered interacting system at large dimensionless conductance (g).

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing a saddle-point approximation, exact for large dimensionless conductance (g --> infinity).

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  • Applying concepts from large-N theories for analytical tractability.
  • Analyzing the behavior in different Landau interaction channels.

    • Main Results:

    • A phase transition occurs in each Landau interaction channel at large g.
    • In the weak-coupling phase, charging and exchange interactions dominate.
    • The strong-coupling phase exhibits Fermi surface distortion, smeared by disorder.

    Conclusions:

    • The saddle-point approximation provides an exact solution for disordered interacting electrons in quantum dots at high conductance.
    • The study reveals distinct electronic behaviors in weak and strong coupling regimes.
    • Understanding these phases is key to controlling quantum dot properties.