Three-body correlations in nonlinear response of correlated quantum liquid.

Hata, Tokuro; Teratani, Yoshimichi; Arakawa, Tomonori; Lee, Sanghyun; Ferrier, Meydi; Deblock, Richard; Sakano, Rui; Oguri, Akira et al. · Nat Commun · 2021

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Behavior of quantum liquids is a fascinating topic in physics. Even in a strongly correlated case, the linear response of a given system to an external field is described by the fluctuation-dissipation relations based on the two-body correlations in the equilibrium. However, to explore nonlinear non-equilibrium behaviors of the system beyond this well-established regime, the role of higher order correlations starting from the three-body correlations must be revealed. In this work, we experimentally investigate a controllable quantum liquid realized in a Kondo-correlated quantum dot and prove the relevance of the three-body correlations in the nonlinear conductance at finite magnetic field, which validates the recent Fermi liquid theory extended to the non-equilibrium regime.