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Enhancement of Persistent Currents by the Coulomb Interaction

Condensed Matter 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The persistent current in three-dimensional mesoscopic rings is investigated numerically. The model is tight-binding one with random site-energies and interaction between electrons. The Hartree-Fock approximation is adopted for the interaction between electrons, and models with up to 3×4×403\times 4\times 40 sites are investigated. It is shown that the long-range Coulomb interaction enhances the persistent current considerably for rings with finite width. It is also shown that long-rangedness of the interaction is essential for the enhancement. Screening of the random site-energy is attributed to this enhancement.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9409038,
  title  = {Enhancement of Persistent Currents by the Coulomb Interaction},
  author = {D. Yoshioka and H. Kato},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9409038},
  year   = {2007}
}

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10 pages (RevTex), 3 figures available upon request will be sent by air mail. KCMG-preprint-YK2