Weak charge quantization as an instanton of the interacting σ model

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 4160-4163

  Kamenev, Alex ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

COULOMB BLOCKADE EFFECTS; RESIDUAL CHARGE QUANTIZATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 14344267595     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.4160     Document Type: Article

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31. I am indebted to M. Feigelman for pointing out the mistake in the previous version.