Mean-field theory of the Kondo effect in quantum dots with an even number of electrons

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2001, Pages

  Eto, Mikio ^a   Nazarov, Yuli V ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRON; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; QUANTUM THEORY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035880970     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.085322     Document Type: Article

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