title: Effects of spin and exchange interaction on the Coulomb-blockade peak statistics in quantum dots.
abstract: We derive a closed expression for the linear conductance through a quantum dot in the Coulomb-blockade regime in the presence of a constant exchange interaction. With this expression we calculate the temperature dependence of the conductance peak-height and peak-spacing statistics in chaotic quantum dots. Using a realistic value of the exchange interaction, we find significantly better agreement with experimental data as compared with the statistics obtained in the absence of exchange.
authors.affiliation: Center for Theoretical Physics, Sloane Physics Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
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authors.lastname: Alhassid
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authors.lastname: Rupp