Theory of the Kondo Temperature in Multilevel Quantum Dots

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Abstract

We develop a simple but general method to evaluate the Kondo temperature in a multilevel quantum dot that is weakly coupled to conducting leads. Our analysis reveals that the Kondo temperature is strongly enhanced when the intradot energy-level spacing is smaller than the charging energy.

*We acknowledge financial support from NSERC and CIFAR.

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Authors

  • Ion Garate

    • University of British Columbia and Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

  • Ian Affleck

    • University of British Columbia and Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
    • University of British Columbia