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Ground state of the parallel double quantum dot system.

Rok Zitko¹, Jernej Mravlje, Kristjan Haule

¹Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Physical Review Letters

|March 10, 2012

Summary

We resolve the parallel double quantum dot controversy. Our study confirms the underscreened Kondo state, not a Fermi-liquid, using advanced quantum Monte Carlo methods.

Area of Science:

Condensed matter physics
Quantum many-body systems
Mesoscopic physics

Background:

The ground state of parallel double quantum dots near half filling is controversial.
Numerical renormalization group (NRG) predicts an underscreened Kondo state.
Bethe ansatz predicts a screened Fermi-liquid state.

Purpose of the Study:

To resolve the controversy regarding the ground state of the parallel double quantum dot system.
To clarify the behavior of Kondo states in such systems.

Main Methods:

Hybridization-expansion continuous-time quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) technique.
Numerically exact stochastic method to calculate impurity entropy.
Comparison with numerical renormalization group (NRG) and Bethe ansatz predictions.

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Main Results:

Excellent agreement between QMC and NRG results for impurity entropy.
Confirmation of an underscreened Kondo state with residual spin-1/2 magnetic moment.
Identification of an odd-symmetry "dark state" as the origin of unconventional behavior.

Conclusions:

The parallel double quantum dot system exhibits an underscreened Kondo state.
The odd-symmetry "dark state" is responsible for the unconventional ground state properties.
QMC provides a reliable method for studying complex quantum systems.