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Meir, Yigal

Faculty
Meir, Yigal
Email
ymeir@bgu.ac.il
Office
54/313 54/314
Phone
08-6472509
08-6472830 (Fax)
Website
https://sites.physics.bgu.ac.il/ymeir/
Research type
Theoretical
Research topics

Strongly correlated and topological systems. Mesoscopic systems; Disordered systems; Biology and Ecology.

Researcher identification
ResearcherID, ORCID

Responsibilities

Research group

  1. MSc student, Daniel Amsalem
  2. MSc student, Yuval Dahan
  3. Postdoc, Daniel Cohen
  4. Postdoc, Matan Lotem

Past postdocs *

  1. Anurag Banerjee (2023)
  2. Daniel Ariad (2019)

Past graduate students *

  1. Shahar Kasirer, MSc (2021)
  2. Jonathan Dubi, PhD (2018)
  3. Omer Goldberg, MSc (2018)
  4. Barak Gur, MSc (2018)
  5. Yaakov Kleeorin, PhD (2018)
  6. Roi Levy, PhD (2018)
  7. Yair Mazal, MSc (2018)
  8. Elad Shopen, PhD (2018)
  9. Amir Erez, PhD (2014)
  10. Yaakov Kleeorin, MSc (2013)
  11. Amir Erez, MSc (2010)

Past undergraduate students *

  1. Yuval Dahan (2022)
* Past students / postdocs data might be incomplete

Research highlights

Electronic Transport in the Nano-Scale

Electronic Transport in the Nano-Scale
The surprising emergence of a localized electronic state in a QPC, leading to the "0.7 anomaly".

As electrons are confined to smaller and smaller spaces, quantum effects and strong correlations among the electrons start to dominate the underlying physics. In this area of research we investigate how such effects influence the electronic properties of miniaturized devices, such as quantum dots (QDs) and quantum point contacts (QPCs), and how such devices can be used to enhance our understanding of quantum mechanics and many-body physics.

Disordered Superconductors

Disordered Superconductors
The emergence of percolating current carrying trajectories in a disordered superconductor

In superconductors electrons can flow without any resistance. In reduced dimensions, superconductivity is highly influenced by geometry and disorder, in a way which is very different than the expectations from the standard BCS theory of superconductivity. We investigate the interplay of geometry, disorder and superconductivity, in order to explain numerous intriguing experimental observations, and to predict novel phenomena.

Additional research highlights

Publications

  1. Beroz, Farzan And Yan, Jing And Meir, Yigal And Sabass, Benedikt And Stone, Howard A. And Bassler, Bonnie L. And Wingreen, Ned S., "Verticalization Of Bacterial Biofilms", Nature Physics 14, 954+ (2018)
  2. Goldberg, Omer And Meir, Yigal And Dubi, Yonatan, "Vibration-Assisted And Vibration-Hampered Excitonic Quantum Transport", Journal Of Physical Chemistry Letters 9, 3143-3148 (2018)
  3. Weinstein, Gilbert And Strauss, Yosef And Bondarenko, Sergey And Yahalom, Asher And Lewkowicz, Meir And Horwitz, Lawrence Paul And Levitan, Jacob, "Entropy Measures As Geometrical Tools In The Study Of Cosmology", Entropy 20, 6 (2018)
  4. Kleeorin, Yaakov And Meir, Yigal, "Abrupt Disappearance And Re-Emergence Of The Su(4) And Su(2) Kondo Effects Due To Population Inversion", Physical Review B 96, 045118 (2017)
  5. Wang, Jianhui And Meir, Yigal And Gefen, Yuval, "Spontaneous Breakdown Of Topological Protection In Two Dimensions", Physical Review Letters 118, 046801 (2017)
  6. Porat, Elkana And Meir, Yigal, "Magnetoresistance Anisotropy In Amorphous Superconducting Thin Films: Site-Bond Percolation Approach", Physical Review B 92, 024509 (2015)
  7. Wang, C. And Su, Ying And Avishai, Y. And Meir, Yigal And Wang, X. R., "Band Of Critical States In Anderson Localization In A Strong Magnetic Field With Random Spin-Orbit Scattering", Physical Review Letters 114, 096803 (2015)
  8. Keshet, Uri And Ben-Meir, Arnon, "The Missing Asymptotic Sector Of Rotating Black-Hole Spectroscopy", Physics Letters B 737, 379-382 (2014)
  9. Wang, C. And Avishai, Y. And Meir, Yigal And Wang, X. R., "Anti-Levitation In Integer Quantum Hall Systems", Physical Review B 89, 045314 (2014)
  10. Erez, Amir And Meir, Yigal, "Effect Of Amplitude Fluctuations On The Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless Transition", Physical Review B 88, 184510 (2013)
  11. Erez, Amir And Meir, Yigal, "Proposed Measurement Of Spatial Correlations At The Berezinski-Kosterlitz-Thouless Transition Of Superconducting Thin Films", Physical Review Letters 111, 187002 (2013)
  12. Komijani, Y. And Csontos, M. And Ihn, T. And Ensslin, K. And Meir, Y. And Reuter, D. And Wieck, A. D., "Origins Of Conductance Anomalies In A P-Type Gaas Quantum Point Contact", Physical Review B 87, 245406 (2013)
  13. Skoge, Monica And Naqvi, Sahin And Meir, Yigal And Wingreen, Ned S., "Chemical Sensing By Nonequilibrium Cooperative Receptors", Physical Review Letters 110, UNSP 248102 (2013)
  14. Wang, Jianhui And Meir, Yigal And Gefen, Yuval, "Edge Reconstruction In The Nu=2/3 Fractional Quantum Hall State", Physical Review Letters 111, 246803 (2013)
  15. Barak, Gilad And Yacoby, Amir And Meir, Yigal, "Tunneling Spectroscopy Of Disordered Two-Dimensional Electron Gas In The Quantum Hall Regime", Physical Review B 84, 161306 (2011)
  16. Conduit, G. J. And Meir, Y., "First-Principles Calculation Of Electronic Transport In Low-Dimensional Disordered Superconductors", Physical Review B 84, 064513 (2011)
  17. Droescher, S. And Knowles, H. And Meir, Y. And Ensslin, K. And Ihn, T., "Coulomb Gap In Graphene Nanoribbons", Physical Review B 84, 073405 (2011)
  18. Skoge, Monica And Meir, Yigal And Wingreen, Ned S., "Dynamics Of Cooperativity In Chemical Sensing Among Cell-Surface Receptors", Physical Review Letters 107, 178101 (2011)
  19. Erez, A. And Meir, Y., "Thermal Phase Transition In Two-Dimensional Disordered Superconductors", Epl 91, 47003 (2010)
  20. Komijani, Y. And Csontos, M. And Shorubalko, I. And Ihn, T. And Ensslin, K. And Meir, Y. And Reuter, D. And Wieck, A. D., "Evidence For Localization And 0.7 Anomaly In Hole Quantum Point Contacts", Epl 91, 67010 (2010)
  21. Meir, Yigal And Jakovljevic, Vladimir And Oleksiuk, Olga And Sourjik, Victor And Wingreen, Ned S., "Precision And Kinetics Of Adaptation In Bacterial Chemotaxis", Biophysical Journal 99, 2766-2774 (2010)
  22. Puller, Vadim I. And Meir, Yigal, "How To Measure The Transmission Phase Through A Quantum Dot In A Two-Terminal Interferometer", Physical Review Letters 104, 256801 (2010)
  23. Puller, Vadim And Meir, Yigal And Sigrist, Martin And Ensslin, Klaus And Ihn, Thomas, "Breaking Of Phase Symmetry In Nonequilibrium Aharonov-Bohm Oscillations Through A Quantum Dot", Physical Review B 80, 035416 (2009)
  24. Dubi, Yonatan And Meir, Yigal And Avishai, Yshai, "Island Formation In Disordered Superconducting Thin Films At Finite Magnetic Fields", Physical Review B 78, 024502 (2008)
  25. Dubi, Yonatan And Meir, Yigal And Avishai, Yshai, "Superconducting Islands, Phase Fluctuations And The Superconductor-Insulator Transition", Physica C-Superconductivity And Its Applications 468, 354-357 (2008)
  26. Meir, Yigal, "The Theory Of The `0.7 Anomaly' In Quantum Point Contacts", Journal Of Physics-Condensed Matter 20, 164208 (2008)
  27. Puller, Vadim I. And Meir, Yigal, "Phase Switching In A Voltage-Biased Aharonov-Bohm Interferometer", Physical Review B 77, 165421 (2008)
  28. Luescher, S. And Moore, L. S. And Rejec, T. And Meir, Yigal And Shtrikman, Hadas And Goldhaber-Gordon, D., "Charge Rearrangement And Screening In A Quantum Point Contact", Physical Review Letters 98, 196805 (2007)
  29. Dubi, Y And Meir, Y And Avishai, Y, "Theory Of The Magnetoresistance Of Disordered Superconducting Films", Physical Review B 73, 054509 (2006)
  30. Dubi, Yonatan And Meir, Yigal And Avishai, Yshai, "Local Current Distribution And Hot Spots In The Integer Quantum Hall Regime", Physical Review B 74, 205314 (2006)
  31. Golub, A. And Aono, T. And Meir, Yigal, "Suppression Of Shot Noise In Quantum Point Contacts In The ``0.7 Regime″", Physical Review Letters 97, 186801 (2006)
  32. Leturcq, R. And Schmid, L. And Ensslin, K. And Meir, Y. And Driscoll, D. C. And Gossard, A. C., "Probing The Kondo Density Of States In A Three-Terminal Quantum Ring", Physica E-Low-Dimensional Systems & Nanostructures 34, 441-444 (2006)
  33. Dubi, Y And Meir, Y And Avishai, Y, "Unifying Model For Several Classes Of Two-Dimensional Phase Transition", Physical Review Letters 94, 156406 (2005)
  34. Dubi, Y And Meir, Y And Avishai, Y, "Quantum Hall Criticality, Superconductor-Insulator Transition, And Quantum Percolation", Physical Review B 71, 125311 (2005)
  35. Entin-Wohlman, O And Aharony, A And Meir, Y, "Kondo Effect In Complex Mesoscopic Structures", Physical Review B 71, 035333 (2005)
  36. Leturcq, R And Schmid, L And Ensslin, K And Meir, Y And Driscoll, Dc And Gossard, Ac, "Probing The Kondo Density Of States In A Three-Terminal Quantum Ring", Physical Review Letters 95, 126603 (2005)
  37. Shopen, E And Gefen, Y And Meir, Y, "Quasiparticle Tunneling Through A Barrier In The Fractional Quantum Hall Regime", Physical Review Letters 95, 136803 (2005)
  38. Hirose, K And Meir, Y And Wingreen, Ns, "Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Of Excitation Energies Of Closed-Shell Quantum Dots", Physica E-Low-Dimensional Systems & Nanostructures 22, 486-489 (2004)
  39. Hirose, K And Meir, Y And Wingreen, Ns, "Local Moment Formation In Quantum Point Contacts", Physical Review Letters 90, 026804 (2003)
  40. Avishai, Y And Meir, Y, "New Spin-Orbit-Induced Universality Class In The Integer Quantum Hall Regime", Physical Review Letters 89, 076602 (2002)
  41. Meir, Y And Golub, A, "Shot Noise Through A Quantum Dot In The Kondo Regime", Physical Review Letters 88, 116802 (2002)
  42. Meir, Y And Hirose, K And Wingreen, Ns, "Kondo Model For The ``0.7 Anomaly″ In Transport Through A Quantum Point Contact", Physical Review Letters 89, 196802 (2002)
  43. Rojt, P And Meir, Y And Auerbach, A, "Luttinger-Liquid Behavior In Tunneling Through A Quantum Dot At Zero Magnetic Field", Physical Review Letters 89, 256401 (2002)
  44. Meir, Y, "Percolation Approach To The Metal-Insulator Transition In Two Dimensions", International Journal Of Modern Physics B 15, 2641-2645 (2001)
  45. Meir, Y, "Percolation-Type Description Of The Metal-Insulator Transition In Two Dimensions", Physica A-Statistical Mechanics And Its Applications 302, 391-403 (2001)
  46. Meir, Y, "From The Zero-Field Metal-Insulator Transition In Two Dimensions To The Quantum Hall Transition: A Percolation-Effective-Medium Theory", Physical Review B 63, 073108 (2001)
  47. Meir, Y, "Two-Species Percolation And Scaling Theory Of The Metal-Insulator Transition In Two Dimensions", Physical Review B 61, 16470-16476 (2000)
  48. Nordlander, P And Wingreen, Ns And Meir, Y And Langreth, Dc, "Kondo Physics In The Single-Electron Transistor With Ac Driving", Physical Review B 61, 2146-2150 (2000)
  49. Georges, A And Meir, Y, "Electronic Correlations In Transport Through Coupled Quantum Dots", Physical Review Letters 82, 3508-3511 (1999)
  50. Meir, Y, "Percolation-Type Description Of The Metal-Insulator Transition In Two Dimensions", Physical Review Letters 83, 3506-3509 (1999)
  51. Nordlander, P And Pustilnik, M And Meir, Y And Wingreen, Ns And Langreth, Dc, "How Long Does It Take For The Kondo Effect To Develop?", Physical Review Letters 83, 808-811 (1999)
  52. Kohn, W And Meir, Y And Makarov, De, "Vanderwaals Energies In Density Functional Theory", Physical Review Letters 80, 4153-4156 (1998)
  53. Meir, Y, "Quantum Hall Effect In Three-Dimensional Layered Systems", Physical Review B 58, R1762-R1765 (1998)
  54. Shopen, E And Meir, Y, "Enhancement Of Quantum Dot Peak-Spacing Fluctuations In The Fractional Quantum Hall Regime", Europhysics Letters 44, 766-771 (1998)
  55. Aleiner, Il And Wingreen, Ns And Meir, Y, "Dephasing And The Orthogonality Catastrophe In Tunneling Through A Quantum Dot: The `'Which Path?'' Interferometer", Physical Review Letters 79, 3740-3743 (1997)
  56. Meir, Y And Altshuler, Bl, "Spin-Orbit-Assisted Variable-Range Hopping In Strong Magnetic Fields", Europhysics Letters 37, 127-131 (1997)
  57. Meir, Y, "Universal Crossover Between Efros-Shklovskii And Mott Variable-Range-Hopping Regimes", Physical Review Letters 77, 5265-5267 (1996)
  58. Meir, Y, "A Variational Ground-State For The V=2/3 Fractional Quantum Hall Regime", International Journal Of Modern Physics B 10, 1425-1437 (1996)
  59. Meir, Y, "Universal Spin-Induced Magnetoresistance In The Variable-Range Hopping Regime", Europhysics Letters 33, 471-476 (1996)
  60. Wingreen, Ns And Altshuler, Bl And Meir, Y, "2-Channel Kondo Scaling In Conductance Signals From 2-Level Tunneling Systems - Comment", Physical Review Letters 75, 769 (1995)