Orbital fluctuations and strong correlations in quantum dots
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2009-11-11 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons
Abstract
In this lecture note we focus our attention to quantum dot systems where exotic strongly correlated behavior develops due to the presence of orbital or charge degrees of freedom. After giving a concise overview of the theory of transport and Kondo effect through a single electron transistor, we discuss how SU(4) Kondo effect develops in dots having orbitally degenerate states and in double dot systems, and then study the singlet-triplet transition in lateral quantum dots. Charge fluctuations and Matveev's mapping to the two-channel Kondo model in the vicinity of charge degeneracy point are also discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0505767,
title = {Orbital fluctuations and strong correlations in quantum dots},
author = {G. Zarand},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0505767},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Lecture note to appear in Philosophical Magazine