The Functional Renormalization Group for Zero-Dimensional Quantum Systems in and out of Equilibrium

Abstract

We study transport properties of quantum impurity systems using the functional renormalization group. The latter is an RG-based diagrammatic tool to treat Coulomb interactions in a fast and flexible way. Prior applications, which employed a simple first-order (Hartree-Fock-like) scheme to truncate the FRG flow equations within the Matsubara formalism, succeeded in accurately describing linear transport of various quantum dot geometries at zero temperature T=0. In a nutshell, advance in this Thesis is three-fold. First, we introduce a frequency-dependent second-order approximation in order to eventually compute finite-energy properties such as the conductance at T>0 (mainly focusing on the single impurity Anderson model). Second, a generalisation of the Hartree-Fock-like approach to Keldysh space allows for addressing the non-equilibrium steady-state dynamics of the interacting resonant level model. Third, we investigate the physics of a quantum dot Josephson junction as well as the charging of a single narrow level using the first-order scheme.

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