%0 Journal Article
%T Quantum dots and artificial atoms
%A John H. Jefferson
%A Wolfgang H£żusler
%J Physics
%D 1997
%I arXiv
%X The electronic properties of nanoscale quantum dots are reviewed. The similarities and differences between these `artificial atoms' and real atoms are discussed and, in particular, the effect of electron correlations is examined. It is shown that for (semiconductor) quantum dots, with only a few electrons, electron correlations can give rise to important new physics which is absent in their true atomic counterparts.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9705012v1