The present knowledge of QCD confining forces between static test charges is summarised,
with an emphasis on lattice results. Recent developments in relating QCD potentials to …

The article reviews recent developments in the theory of fluctuations and correlations of
energy levels and eigenfunction amplitudes in diffusive mesoscopic samples. Various …

A quantum dot is a sub-micron-scale conducting device containing up to several thousand
electrons. Transport through a quantum dot at low temperatures is a quantum-coherent …

We review the quantum interference effects in a system of interacting electrons confined to a
quantum dot. The review starts with a description of an isolated quantum dot. We discuss the …

This text treats electronic transport in the regime where conventional textbook models are no
longer applicable, including the effect of electronic phase coherence, energy quantization …

Mesoscopic physics has emerged as a new, interdisciplinary field combining concepts of
atomic, molecular, cluster, and condensed-matter physics. On the one hand mesoscopic …

This is a review of the phase coherent transmission through interacting mesoscopic
conductors. As a paradigm we study the transmission amplitude and the dephasing rate for …

We form single-electron transistors from individual chemically synthesized gold
nanoparticles, 5− 15 nm in diameter, with monolayers of organic molecules serving as …

We present an experimental study of the fluctuations of Coulomb-blockade peak positions of
a quantum dot. The dot is defined by patterning the two-dimensional electron gas of a silicon …

Coulomb blockade resonances are measured in a GaAs quantum dot in which both shape
deformations and interactions are small. The parametric evolution of the Coulomb blockade …