Publications [#245187] of Harold U. Baranger

Papers Published

1. Jiang, H; Baranger, HU; Yang, W, Spin and conductance-peak-spacing distributions in large quantum dots: a density-functional theory study., Physical review letters, vol. 90 no. 2 (January, 2003), pp. 026806, ISSN 0031-9007 [12570571], [doi]
   (last updated on 2026/01/15)

   Abstract:
   We use spin-density-functional theory to study the spacing between conductance peaks and the ground-state spin of 2D model quantum dots with up to 200 electrons. Distributions for different ranges of electron number are obtained in both symmetric and asymmetric potentials. The even/odd effect is pronounced for small symmetric dots but vanishes for large asymmetric ones, suggesting substantially stronger interaction effects than expected. The fraction of high-spin ground states is remarkably large.