Abstract
We show that the critical magnetic fields at which a few-electron quantum dot undergoes transitions between successive values of its angular momentum for large M values follow a very simple power-law dependence on the effective interelectron interaction strength. We obtain this power law analytically from a quasiclassical treatment and demonstrate its nearly universal validity by comparison with the results of exact diagonalization.
- Received 28 October 2003
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.69.075305
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