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Quantum transport through double-dot Aharonov-Bohm interferometry in Coulomb blockade regime
Transport through two quantum dots laterally embedded in Aharonov-Bohm
interferometry with infinite intradot and arbitrary interdot Coulomb repulsion
is analyzed in the weak coupling and Coulomb blockade regime. By employing the
modified quantum rate equations and the slave-boson approach, we establish a
general dc current formula at temperatures higher than the Kondo temperature
for the case that the spin degenerate levels of two dots are close to each
other. We examine two simple examples for identical dots - no doubly occupied
states and no empty state. In the former, completely destructive coherent
transport and phase locking appear at magnetic flux and
respectively; in the latter, partially coherent transport exhibits an
oscillation with magnetic flux having a period of .Comment: 8 pages, 3 figure
Pumped spin-current and shot noise spectra in a single quantum dot
We exploit the pumped spin-current and current noise spectra under
equilibrium condition in a single quantum dot connected to two normal leads, as
an electrical scheme for detection of the electron spin resonance (ESR) and
decoherence. We propose spin-resolved quantum rate equations with correlation
functions in Laplace-space for the analytical derivation of the zero-frequency
atuo- and cross-shot noise spectra of charge- and spin-current. Our results
show that in the strong Coulomb blockade regime, ESR-induced spin flip
generates a finite spin-current and the quantum partition noises in the absence
of net charge transport. Moreover, spin shot noise is closely related to the
magnetic Rabi frequency and decoherence and would be a sensitive tool to
measure them.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, to be published in Phys. Rev. Lette
What if pulsars are born as strange stars?
The possibility and the implications of the idea, that pulsars are born as
strange stars, are explored. Strange stars are very likely to have atmospheres
with typical mass of but bare polar caps almost
throughout their lifetimes, if they are produced during supernova explosions. A
direct consequence of the bare polar cap is that the binding energies of both
positively and negatively charged particles at the bare quark surface are
nearly infinity, so that the vacuum polar gap sparking scenario as proposed by
Ruderman & Sutherland should operate above the cap, regardless of the sense of
the magnetic pole with respect to the rotational pole. Heat can not accumulate
on the polar cap region due to the large thermal conductivity on the bare quark
surface. We test this ``bare polar cap strange star'' (BPCSS) idea with the
present broad band emission data of pulsars, and propose several possible
criteria to distinguish BPCSSs from neutron stars.Comment: 31 pages in Latex. Accepted by AstroParticle Physic
Kondo correlation and spin-flip scattering in spin-dependent transport through a quantum dot coupled to ferromagnetic leads
We investigate the linear and nonlinear dc transport through an interacting
quantum dot connected to two ferromagnetic electrodes around Kondo regime with
spin-flip scattering in the dot. Using a slave-boson mean field approach for
the Anderson Hamiltonian having finite on-site Coulomb repulsion, we find that
a spin-flip scattering always depresses the Kondo correlation at arbitrary
polarization strength in both parallel and antiparallel alignment of the lead
magnetization and that it effectively reinforces the tunneling related
conductance in the antiparallel configuration. For systems deep in the Kondo
regime, the zero-bias single Kondo peak in the differential conductance is
split into two peaks by the intradot spin-flip scattering; while for systems
somewhat further from the Kondo center, the spin-flip process in the dot may
turn the zero-bias anomaly into a three-peak structure.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
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