Symmetry breaking and wigner molecules in few-electron quantum dots

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 203, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1160-1171

  Yannouleas, Constantine ^a   Landman, Uzi ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONAL FILLINGS; HEITLER LONDON TREATMENT; SYMMETRY BREAKING; WIGNER MOLECULES; ZERO POINT KINETIC ENERGY;

CRYSTAL LATTICES; FERMIONS; HALL EFFECT; KINETIC ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 33646792614     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.200566197     Document Type: Conference Paper

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