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Zero-bias anomalies and boson-assisted tunneling through quantum dots

Condensed Matter 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

We study resonant tunneling through a quantum dot with one degenerate level in the presence of a strong Coulomb repulsion and a bosonic environment. Using a real-time approach we calculate the spectral density and the nonlinear current within a conserving approximation. The spectral density shows a multiplet of Kondo peaks split by the transport voltage and boson frequencies. As a consequence we find a zero-bias anomaly in the differential conductance which can show a local maximum or minimum depending on the level position. The results are compared with recent experiments.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9506081,
  title  = {Zero-bias anomalies and boson-assisted tunneling through quantum dots},
  author = {Jürgen König and Herbert Schoeller and Gerd Schön},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9506081},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, revtex, 5 postscript figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett