Shape effects on the one- and two-electron ground state in ellipsoidal quantum dots

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2001, Pages

  Cantele, G ^a   Ninno, D ^a   Iadonisi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

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ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRON; ENERGY; MASS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 0035883405     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.125325     Document Type: Article

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