Physical Society Colloquium

We will consider general properties of interacting fermions in a finite volume. We will show that in the case when one-particle motion is chaotic the theoretical description of the system can be dramatically simplified. More precisely, the low energy behavior is determined by a zero-dimensional Hamiltonian, which contains at most three unknown coupling constants. To illustrate this Fermi-liquid-like approach we will discuss effects of the interactions, including exchange interaction and superconducting pairing, on the charge transport through Quantum Dots.

Friday, March 22nd 2002, 15:30
Ernest Rutherford Physics Building, Keys Auditorium (room 112)