Multi-impurity Anderson model for quantum dots coupled in parallel

Details Multi-impurity Anderson model for quantum dots coupled in parallel Multi-impurity Anderson model for quantum dots coupled in parallel

2006-04-13

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0604336v1

Phys. Rev. B 74, 045312 (2006)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

20 pages, 16 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.74.045312

The system of several (N) quantum dots coupled in parallel to the same single-mode conduction channel can be modelled as a single-channel N-impurity Anderson model. Using the generalized Schrieffer-Wolff transformation we show that near the particle-hole symmetric point, the effective Hamiltonian in the local moment regime is the N-impurity S=1/2 Kondo model. The conduction-band-mediated RKKY exchange interaction between the dots is ferromagnetic and at intermediate temperatures locks the moments into a maximal spin S=N/2 ground state. We provide an analytical estimate for the RKKY interaction. At low temperatures the spin is partially screened by the conduction electrons to N/2-1/2 due to the Kondo effect. By comparing accurate numerical renormalization group results for magnetic susceptibility of the N-impuriy Anderson model to the exact Bethe-Ansatz results of a S=N/2 SU(2) Kondo system we show, that at low-temperature the quantum dots can be described by the effective S=N/2 Kondo model. Moreover, the Kondo temperature is independent of the number of impurities N. We demonstrate the robustness of the spin N/2 ground state as well as of the associated S=N/2 Kondo effect by studying the stability of the system with respect to various experimentally relevant perturbations. We finally explore various quantum phase transitions driven by these perturbations.

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