Imaging quasiparticle wave functions in quantum dots via tunneling spectroscopy

We show that in quantum dots the physical quantities probed by local tunneling spectroscopies-namely, the quasiparticle wave functions of interacting electrons-can considerably deviate from their single-particle counterparts as an effect of Coulomb correlation. From the exact solution of the few-particle Hamiltonian for prototype dots, we find that such deviations are crucial to predict wave function images at low electron densities or high magnetic fields. © 2005 The American Physical Society.