Keith Benedict

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  UK
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• keith.benedict@nottingham.ac.uk
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Research Summary

My current research is in two main areas - theoretical studies of quantum transport in semiconductor nanostructures and the theory of ultra cold atoms.Current TeachingF34AQU - Advanced Quantum… read more

Recent Publications

• VDOVIN, E.E., KHANIN, YU.N., MAKAROVSKY, O., DUBROVSKII, YU. V., PATANÈ, A., EAVES, L., HENINI, M., MELLOR, C.J., BENEDICT, K.A. and AIREY, R., 2007. Magnetoanisotropy of electron-correlation-enhanced tunneling through a quantum dot Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 75(11), 115315
• HOOLEY, S and BENEDICT, K.A., 2007. Dynamical instabilities in a two-component Bose-Einstein condensate in a one-dimensional optical lattice Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 75, 033621/1-8
• BOWLEY, R.M. and BENEDICT, K.A., 2006. Frictional effects in thin 3He films Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 142(5-6), 701-723
• CATHERALL,A.T., LÓPEZ-ALCARAZ,P., BENEDICT,K.A., KING,P.J. and EAVES,L., 2005. Cryogenically enhanced magneto-Archimedes levitation New Journal of Physics. 7, 118

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Current Research

My current research is in two main areas - theoretical studies of quantum transport in semiconductor nanostructures and the theory of ultra cold atoms.Current TeachingF34AQU - Advanced Quantum MechanicsF32ATP - Topics in Theoretical Physics

• VDOVIN, E.E., KHANIN, YU.N., MAKAROVSKY, O., DUBROVSKII, YU. V., PATANÈ, A., EAVES, L., HENINI, M., MELLOR, C.J., BENEDICT, K.A. and AIREY, R., 2007. Magnetoanisotropy of electron-correlation-enhanced tunneling through a quantum dot Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 75(11), 115315
• HOOLEY, S and BENEDICT, K.A., 2007. Dynamical instabilities in a two-component Bose-Einstein condensate in a one-dimensional optical lattice Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 75, 033621/1-8
• BOWLEY, R.M. and BENEDICT, K.A., 2006. Frictional effects in thin 3He films Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 142(5-6), 701-723
• CATHERALL,A.T., LÓPEZ-ALCARAZ,P., BENEDICT,K.A., KING,P.J. and EAVES,L., 2005. Cryogenically enhanced magneto-Archimedes levitation New Journal of Physics. 7, 118
• MARTIN, A. M., BENEDICT, K. A., SHEARD, F. W. and EAVES, L., 2004. Model for breakdown of laminar flow of a quantum Hall fluid around a charged impurity: comparison with experiment Physica E - Low-Dimensional Systems & Nanostructures. VOL 22(NUMBER 1-3), 205-209
• MARTIN, A.M., BENEDICT, K.A., SHEARD, F.W. and EAVES, L., 2003. Model for the voltage steps in the breakdown of the integer quantum Hall effect Physical Review Letters. 91(12), 126803
• CATHERALL, A.T., BENEDICT, K.A., KING, P.J. and EAVES, L., 2003. Surface instabilities on liquid oxygen in an inhomogeneous magnetic field Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 68(3), 037302
• DEVITT, A. M., ROSHKO, S. H., KENT, A. J., BENEDICT, K. A., MELLOR, C. J. and HENINI, M., 2002. Ballistic phonon interactions with the fractional quantum Hall effect liquid Physica B - Physics of Condensed Matter. VOL 316-317, 101-106
• ROUTLEDGE, A: KING, P.J.:SWIFT, M.R.: BENEDICT,K.A., 2002. The Stability of Granular Surfaces Under Horizontal and Vertical Vibrations In: Powders and Grains 2001. 529-532
• BENEDICT, K.A. and HILLS, R.K., 2001. Magnetoroton scattering by phonons in fractional quantum Hall liquids Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 63(23), 235304
• DEVITT, A. M., ROSHKO, S. H., ZEITLER, U., MELLOR, C. J., KENT, A. J., BENEDICT, K. A., CHENG, T. and HENINI, M., 2000. Ballistic phonon studies in the lowest Landau level Physica E - Low-Dimensional Systems & Nanostructures. VOL 6(NUMBER 1-4), 47-51
• MAIN, P. C., THORNTON, A. S. G., HILL, R. J. A., STODDART, S. T., IHN, T., EAVES, L., BENEDICT, K. A. and HENINI, M., 2000. Landau-Level Spectroscopy of a Two-Dimensional Electron System by Tunneling through a Quantum Dot Physical Review Letters. VOL 84(PART 4), 729-732
• HILL, R. J., STODDART, S. T., MAIN, P. C., EAVES, L., BENEDICT, K. A. and HENINI, M., 2000. Energy dependence of the quasiparticle lifetime in a 2DES Physica E - Low-Dimensional Systems & Nanostructures. VOL 6(NUMBER 1-4), 327-330
• CAMPION, R. P., KING, P. J., BENEDICT, K. A., BOWLEY, R. M., CZERWINKA, P. S., MISAT, S. and MORLEY, S. M., 2000. Anisotropic in-plane properties of (103)/(013) oriented YBa~2Cu~3O~7~-~8 thin films grown on exact and miscut (110) SrTiO~3 substrates Physical Review B: Condensed Matter. VOL 61(PART 9), 6387-6400
• KING, P. J., SWIFT, M. R., BENEDICT, K. A. and ROUTLEDGE, A., 2000. Surface stability of granular systems under horizontal and vertical vibration: The applicability of a coefficient of friction Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. VOL 62(PART 5), 6982-6988
• BROWNLIE, M. and BENEDICT, K. A., 2000. Three-point density correlation functions in the fractional quantum Hall regime Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General. VOL 33(PART 23), 4283-4292
• BENEDICT, K.A. and BROWNLIE, M., 2000. Sum rules for density correlation functions in the quantum Hall regime Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General.
• MELIOR, C. J., ZEITLER, U., DEVITT, A. M., ROSHKO, S. H., KENT, A. J., BENEDICT, K. A., CHENG, T. and HENINI, M., 1999. Angle-resolved ballistic phonon absorption spectroscopy in the lowest Landau level Physica B - Physics of Condensed Matter. VOL 263/264, 196-198
• MELLOR, C.J., HILLS, R.K. and BENEDICT, K.A., 1999. A theory of time-resolved phonon absorption spectroscopy in the fractional quantum Hall regime Physical Review B: Condensed Matter. 60, 10984-10996
• ZEITLER, U.:DEVITT, A.M.: DIGBY,J.E.: MELLOR, C.J.: KENT, A.J.:BENEDICT,K.A.: CHENG,T., 1999. Ballistic Heating of a Two-Dimensional Electron System by Phonon Excitation of the Magnetoroton Minimum at nu=1/3 Physical Review Letters. 82(26), 5333-5336
• BENEDICT, K. A., 1999. Fermi-edge singularities and related phenomena in 2d-0d magneto-tunnelling Physica B - Physics of Condensed Matter. VOL 259/261, 792-793
• BOWLEY, R. M., ARMOUR, A. D. and BENEDICT, K. A., 1998. Refinement of the Dynamic Theory of Superfluid Helium Films Journal of Low Temperature Physics. VOL 113(NUMBER 1/2), 71-88
• BENEDICT, K. A. and KING, P. J., 1996. Geometric contact resistances in anisotropic conductors Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. VOL 29(NUMBER 4), 1058-1062