Vortex Clusters in Quantum Dots

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© 2004 American Physical Society (APS). This is the accepted version of the following article: Saarikoski, H. & Harju, A. & Puska, M. J. & Nieminen, Risto M. 2004. Vortex Clusters in Quantum Dots. Physical Review Letters. Volume 93, Issue 11. 116802/1-4. ISSN 0031-9007 (printed). DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.93.116802, which has been published in final form at http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.116802.

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School of Science | A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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2004

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en

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116802/1-4

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Physical Review Letters, Volume 93, Issue 11

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We study electronic structures of two-dimensional quantum dots in strong magnetic fields using mean-field density-functional theory and exact diagonalization. Our numerically accurate mean-field solutions show a reconstruction of the uniform-density electron droplet when the magnetic field flux quanta enter one by one the dot in stronger fields. These quanta correspond to repelling vortices forming polygonal clusters inside the dot. We find similar structures in the exact treatment of the problem by constructing a conditional operator for the analysis. We discuss important differences and limitations of the methods used.

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vortex, quantum dots, electronic structures, magnetic fields

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Saarikoski, H. & Harju, A. & Puska, M. J. & Nieminen, Risto M. 2004. Vortex Clusters in Quantum Dots. Physical Review Letters. Volume 93, Issue 11. 116802/1-4. ISSN 0031-9007 (printed). DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.93.116802.