title: Coherent versus sequential electron tunneling in quantum dots.
abstract: Manifestations of quantum coherence in the electronic conductance through nearly closed quantum dots in the Coulomb-blockade regime are addressed. We show that quantum coherent tunneling processes explain some puzzling statistical features of the conductance peak heights observed in recent experiments at low temperatures. We employ the constant interaction model and the random matrix theory to model the quantum dot electronic interactions and its single-particle statistical fluctuations, taking full account of the finite decay width of the quantum dot levels.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina.
authors.forename: L E F
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Foa Torres
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lewenkopf
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Pastawski