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We discuss mesoscopic effects in quantum dots, nanoparticles and nuclei. In quantum dots, we focus on the statistical regime of dots whose single-electron dynamics are chaotic. Random matrix theory methods, developed to explain the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Y. Alhassid

We calculate the tunneling splittings in a Mn$_{12}$ magnetic molecule taking into account its internal many-spin structure. We discuss the precision and reliability of these calculations and show that restricting the basis (limiting the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 H. A. De Raedt , A. H. Hams , V. V. Dobrovitski , M. Al-Saqer , M. I. Katsnelson , B. N. Harmon

Spin tunneling in molecular magnets has attracted much attention, however theoretical considerations of this phenomenon up to now have not taken into account the many-spin nature of molecular magnets. We present, to our knowledge, the first…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Al-Saqer , V. V. Dobrovitski , B. N. Harmon , M. I. Katsnelson

We study nonlinear response of a spin $S>1/2$ with easy-axis anisotropy. The response displays sharp dips or peaks when the modulation frequency is adiabatically swept through multiphoton resonance. The effect is a consequence of a special…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. Hicke , M. I. Dykman

To push commercial electronics beyond its current size limits, atomic-scale communication channels and logic units need to be designed, making the use of quantum entities an imperative. In this regime, quantum fluctuations naturally become…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-12 Leonardo Banchi , Joaquin Fernandez-Rossier , Cyrus F. Hirjibehedin , Sougato Bose

Comprehensive theory of quantum spin relaxation in Mn-12 acetate crystals is developed, that takes into account imperfections of the crystal structure and is based upon the generalization of the Landau-Zener effect for incoherent tunneling…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. A. Garanin , E. M. Chudnovsky

We show that quantum spin fluctuations in inhomogeneous ferromagnets drastically affect the Andreev reflection of electrons and holes at a ferromagnet-superconductor interface. As a result a strong long-range proximity effect appears,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Kadigrobov , R. I. Shekhter , M. Jonson

We study the effect of mesoscopic fluctuations on the magnitude of errors that can occur in exchange operations on quantum dot spin-qubits. Mid-size double quantum dots, with an odd number of electrons in the range of a few tens in each…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Serguei Vorojtsov , Eduardo R. Mucciolo , Harold U. Baranger

Thermodynamic and transport properties of mesoscopic conductors are strongly influenced by the proximity of a superconductor: An interplay between the large scale quantum coherent wave functions in the normal mesoscopic and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexander Altland , B. D. Simons , D. Taras-Semchuk

Fracton phases are a particularly exotic type of quantum spin liquids where the elementary quasiparticles are intrinsically immobile. These phases may be described by unconventional gauge theories known as tensor or multipolar gauge…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-05-15 Nils Niggemann , Yasir Iqbal , Johannes Reuther

We explore the static longitudinal and dynamic transverse spin susceptibilities in quantum dots and nanoparticles within the framework of the Hamiltonian that extends the universal Hamiltonian to the case of uniaxial anisotropic exchange.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-30 A. U. Sharafutdinov , D. S. Lyubshin , I. S. Burmistrov

This article gives an introduction to the realization of effective quantum magnetism with ultracold molecules in an optical lattice, reviews experimental and theoretical progress, and highlights future opportunities opened up by ongoing…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-09-02 M. L. Wall , K. R. A. Hazzard , A. M. Rey

Magnetization measurements of a molecular clusters Mn12 with a spin ground state of S = 10 show resonance tunneling at avoided energy level crossings. The observed oscillations of the tunnel probability as a function of the magnetic field…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 W. Wernsdorfer , M. Soler , G. Christou , D. N. Hendrickson

It is shown that the characteristics of the mesoscopic fluctuations in the conventional quantum-diffusion model and the model of the non-coherent (`classical') diffusion in media with long-range correlated disorder are quite similar in the…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Igor V. Lerner

A theory of spin fluctuations of excitons in quantum wells in the presence of non-resonant excitation has been developed. Both bright and dark excitonic states have been taken into account. The effect of a magnetic field applied in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-08-13 D. S. Smirnov , M. M. Glazov

Quantum dynamics of anisotropic spin system with large spin moment in a swept magnetic field is theoretically investigated. Magnetic field of this type induces vortex static electrical field, that breaks down the axial symmetry and induces…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. K. Zvezdin

We study detailed classical-quantum correspondence for a cluster system of three spins with single-axis anisotropic exchange coupling. With autoregressive spectral estimation, we find oscillating terms in the quantum density of states…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 P. A. Houle , N. G. Zhang , C. L. Henley

An approach is suggested for treating multiscale fluctuations in macromolecular systems. The emphasis is on the statistical properties of such fluctuations. The approach is illustrated by a macromolecular system with mesoscopic fluctuations…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2012-08-07 V. I. Yukalov , E. P. Yukalova

We review our studies of the effect of transverse fields on the susceptibility and magnetization of single crystals of the prototype single molecule magnet (SMM), Mn$_{12}$-acetate, and of a new high-symmetry variant,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-01-29 P. Subedi , Bo Wen , Y. Yeshurun , M. P. Sarachik , A. J. Millis , A. D. Kent

The quantum XXZ spin-1/2 chain features non-Gaussian spin current fluctuations in the regime of easy-axis anisotropy. Using ballistic macroscopic fluctuation theory, we derive the exact probability distribution of typical spin-current…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-03-27 Takato Yoshimura , Žiga Krajnik , Alvise Bastianello , Enej Ilievski