Abstract
The problem of electron-electron lifetime in a quantum dot is studied beyond perturbation theory by mapping onto the problem of localization in the Fock space. Localized and delocalized regimes are identified, corresponding to quasiparticle spectral peaks of zero and finite width, respectively. In the localized regime, quasiparticle states are single-particle-like. In the delocalized regime, each eigenstate is a superposition of states with very different quasiparticle content. The transition energy is , where is mean level spacing, and is the dimensionless conductance. Near there is a broad critical region not described by the golden rule.
- Received 30 August 1996
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.2803
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