New Directions in Mesoscopic Physics (Towards Nanoscience) : Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Erice, Sicily, Italy, from 20 July to 1 August 2002

An introduction and comprehensive survey of the main issues in mesosocopic physics. Topics covered include quantum Hall effects, transport through quantum wires and dots, coherence in mesoscopic systems, spintronics, disordered systems, and solid state quantum computation. Some contributions are dedicated to the connections between nanoscience and biophysics and quantum optics. Although the topics mentioned have many aspects in common, they span a wide area of physics. It is therefore especially important to provide a broad view of this rapidly expanding field. Thanks to the excellent presentations, the book will be found suitable both for young researchers who want to enter the field and stimulating for more experienced scientists. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Field Theories in Physics of Disordered Conductors....Pages 1-37 Non-Fermi-liquid metals in low dimensions....Pages 39-66 Counting Statistics of Mesoscopic Noise....Pages 67-91 Coulomb blockade and Kondo effect in quantum dots....Pages 93-115 Quantum coherent transport: From mesoscopic circuits to molecular wires....Pages 117-148 Phase measurements in Quantum Dots....Pages 149-172 Superconducting quantum bit based on the Cooper pair box....Pages 173-195 Dissipation In Josephson Qubits....Pages 197-224 Entanglement and decoherence studies in Cavity QED experiments....Pages 225-244 Quantum Electro-Mechanical Systems....Pages 245-258 Possible weak temperature dependence of electron dephasing....Pages 259-268 Momentum-resolved tunneling: Spectroscopic tool and basis for device applications....Pages 269-279 Edge states and quantum Hall effects in d+id’ superconductors....Pages 281-290 Universal scaling flow diagram for magnetoconductance in disordered GaAs layers....Pages 291-301 Fluctuations of the anisotropy energy in nanoscale ferromagnetic particles....Pages 303-312 Full Counting Statistics in Multi-Terminal Normal Metal Tunnel Junction Structures....Pages 313-323 Resonant Cooper-Pair Tunneling: Counting Statistics and Frequency-Dependent Current Noise....Pages 325-337 Influence of thermal fluctuations on an underdamped Josephson tunnel junction....Pages 339-349 Quantum computing with many superconducting qubits....Pages 351-360 Few-electron liquid and solid phases in artificial molecules at high magnetic field....Pages 361-371 Phase Coherence and Spin Dynamics....Pages 373-379