The properties of quasi-two-dimensional semiconductor quantum dots are reviewed.
Experimental techniques for measuring the electronic shell structure and the effect of …

Theoretical approaches to one-dimensional and quasi-one-dimensional quantum rings with
a few electrons are reviewed. Discrete Hubbard-type models and continuum models are …

Quantum Dot Heterostructures Dieter Bimberg, Marius Grundmann and Nikolai N.
Ledentsov Institute of Solid State Physics, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany Quantum …

The mean-field approximation based on effective interactions or density functionals plays a
pivotal role in the description of finite quantum many-body systems that are too large to be …

Investigations of emergent symmetry breaking phenomena occurring in small finite-size
systems are reviewed, with a focus on the strongly correlated regime of electrons in two …

The crossover from weak to strong correlations in parabolic quantum dots at zero magnetic
field is studied by numerically exact path-integral Monte Carlo simulations for up to eight …

Spin density functional theory is used to calculate the ground state electronic structures of
circular parabolic quantum dots. We find that such dots either have a spin configuration …

We present a new high performance configuration interaction code optimally designed for
the calculation of the lowest-energy eigenstates of a few electrons in semiconductor …

The main theme of this review is the many-body physics of vortices in quantum droplets of
bosons or fermions in the limit of small particle numbers. Systems of interest include cold …

The theory of electron correlation in semiconductor quantum dots is reviewed with emphasis
on the physics of dots in strong magnetic fields. A brief survey of dot fabrication and …