Statistics of Spin Fluctuations in Quantum Dots with Ising Exchange

Abstract

We explore the effect of single-particle level fluctuations on the Stoner instability in a QD with a strong spin-orbit coupling in the framework of the universal Hamiltonian with the Ising exchange interaction. We reduce the problem to studying the statistics of extrema of a certain Gaussian process and demonstrate that, in spite of the randomness of the single-particle levels, the longitudinal spin susceptibility and all its moments diverge simultaneously at the point of the Stoner instability which is determined by the standard criterion involving the mean level spacing only.