1. Thermal effects on the Wigner localization and Friedel oscillations in many-electron nanowires
- Author
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Maura Sassetti, Fabio Cavaliere, Esa Räsänen, N. Traverso Ziani, and Ilkka Kylänpää
- Subjects
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Physics ,Friedel oscillations ,Electron density ,Range (particle radiation) ,Condensed matter physics ,Charge density ,Electron ,Kinetic energy ,01 natural sciences ,7. Clean energy ,010305 fluids & plasmas ,Quantum dot ,0103 physical sciences ,Electronic ,Optical and Magnetic Materials ,010306 general physics ,Path integral Monte Carlo - Abstract
Thermal effects on the total charge density are studied for a one-dimensional correlated quantum dot by means of the path integral Monte Carlo method. The competition between Friedel and Wigner oscillations at zero temperature is driven by the ratio between the interaction of electronic strength and the kinetic energy of electrons. At the onset of the formation of a Wigner molecule, we show that thermal enhancement of Wigner oscillations occurs in a range of temperatures, which can be observed in the electron density. We further show that low-temperature Friedel oscillations may change to Wigner oscillations upon an increase in the temperature.
- Published
- 2016