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Tunnelling density of states at Coulomb blockade peaks

Nicholas Sedlmayr, Igor V. Yurkevich, Igor V. Lerner

cond-mat.mes-hallarXiv:cond-mat/0607649

Abstract

We calculate the tunnelling density of states (TDoS) for a quantum dot in the Coulomb blockade regime, using a functional integral representation with allowing correctly for the charge quantisation. We show that in addition to the well-known gap in the TDoS in the Coulomb-blockade valleys, there is a suppression of the TDoS at the peaks. We show that such a suppression is necessary in order to get the correct result for the peak of the differential conductance through an almost close quantum dot.

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