Fermi-Edge Singularities in the Mesoscopic X-Ray Edge Problem

Martina Hentschel 1, Denis Ullmo 1, 2, Harold U. Baranger 1

Physical Review Letters 93 (2004) 176807

We study the x-ray edge problem for a chaotic quantum dot or nanoparticle displaying mesoscopic fluctuations. In the bulk, x-ray physics is known to produce deviations from the naively expected photoabsorption cross section in the form of a peaked or rounded edge. For a coherent system with chaotic dynamics, we find substantial changes and in particular that a photoabsorption cross section showing a rounded edge in the bulk will change to a slightly peaked edge on average as the system size is reduced to a mesoscopic (coherent) scale.

  • 1. Duke Physics,
    Duke University
  • 2. Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques (LPTMS),
    CNRS : UMR8626 – Université Paris XI – Paris Sud
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