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V E Kravtsov

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Dynamic localization and the Coulomb blockade in quantum dots under ac pumping.

We study conductance through a quantum dot under Coulomb blockade conditions in the presence of an external periodic perturbation. The stationary state is determined by the balance between the heating of the dot electrons by the perturbation and cooling by electron exchange with the cold contacts. We show that the Coulomb blockade peak can have a peculiar shape if heating is affected by dynamic localization, which can be an experimental signature of this effect.

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Dynamic localization in quantum dots: analytical theory.

We analyze the response of a complex quantum-mechanical system (e.g., a quantum dot) to a time-dependent perturbation phi(t). Assuming the dot to be described by random-matrix theory for the Gaussian orthogonal ensemble, we find the quantum correction to the energy absorption rate as a function of the dephasing time t(phi). If phi(t) is a sum of d harmonics with incommensurate frequencies, the correction behaves similarly to that for the conductivity deltasigma(d)(t(phi)) in the d-dimensional Anderson model of the orthogonal symmetry class. For a generic periodic perturbation, the leading quantum correction is absent as in the systems of the unitary symmetry class, unless phi(-t+tau)=phi(t+tau) for some tau, which falls into the quasi-1D orthogonal universality class.

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Aharonov-bohm magnetization of mesoscopic rings caused by inelastic relaxation.

The magnetization of a system of many mesoscopic rings under nonequilibrium conditions is considered. The corresponding disorder-averaged current in a ring I(phi) is shown to be a sum of the "thermodynamic" and "kinetic" contributions both resulting from the electron-electron interaction. The thermodynamic part can be expressed through the diagonal matrix elements J(micro micro) of the current operator in the basis of exact many-body eigenstates and is a generalization of the equilibrium persistent current. The novel kinetic part is present only out of equilibrium and is governed by the off-diagonal matrix elements J(micro nu). It has drastically different temperature and magnetic field behavior.

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