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Quantum dots in magnetic fields: thermal response of broken symmetry phases

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

We investigate the thermal properties of circular semiconductor quantum dots in high magnetic fields using finite temperature Hartree-Fock techniques. We demonstrate that for a given magnetic field strength quantum dots undergo various shape phase transitions as a function of temperature, and we outline possible observable consequences.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0106206,
  title  = {Quantum dots in magnetic fields: thermal response of broken symmetry phases},
  author = {D. J. Dean and J. C. Wells and M. R. Strayer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0106206},
  year   = {2009}
}

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In Press, Phys. Rev. B (2001)