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TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of inelastic scattering on the average Coulomb-blockade peak height in quantum dots .
AU - Beenakker, CWJ
AU - Schomerus, H.
AU - Silvestrov, P. G.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The average height of the Coulomb-blockade conductance peaks for chaotic elastic scattering is known to increase by a factor of 4/3 upon breaking time-reversal symmetry. We calculate the temperature dependence of this factor in the regime where the inelastic scattering rate �in is greater than the mean tunneling rate �el, which itself is less than the mean level spacing �. Comparison to recent experimental data by Folk et al. (Folk, Patel, Marcus, Duruöz, and Harris, cond-mat/0008052) demonstrates that �in lies below �el and hence also below �, consistent with the low-energy suppression of inelastic electron-electron scattering in quantum dots.
AB - The average height of the Coulomb-blockade conductance peaks for chaotic elastic scattering is known to increase by a factor of 4/3 upon breaking time-reversal symmetry. We calculate the temperature dependence of this factor in the regime where the inelastic scattering rate �in is greater than the mean tunneling rate �el, which itself is less than the mean level spacing �. Comparison to recent experimental data by Folk et al. (Folk, Patel, Marcus, Duruöz, and Harris, cond-mat/0008052) demonstrates that �in lies below �el and hence also below �, consistent with the low-energy suppression of inelastic electron-electron scattering in quantum dots.
M3 - Journal article
VL - 64
SP - 033307
JO - Physical review B
JF - Physical review B
SN - 1550-235X
ER -