title: Interactions and disorder in quantum dots: instabilities and phase transitions.
abstract: Using a fermionic renormalization group approach, we analyze a model where the electrons diffusing on a quantum dot interact via Fermi-liquid interactions. Describing the single-particle states by random matrix theory, we find that interactions can induce phase transitions (or crossovers for finite systems) to regimes where fluctuations and collective effects dominate at low energies. Implications for experiments and numerical work on quantum dots are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington Kentucky 40506-0055, USA.
authors.forename: Ganpathy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Murthy
authors.forename: Harsh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mathur