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Noise signatures of a charged Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev dot in mesoscopic transport

Andrei I. Pavlov1,* and Mikhail N. Kiselev2

  • *Contact author: andrei.pavlov@kit.edu
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Phys. Rev. B 113, 125148 – Published 27 March, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/plh5-5plf

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We investigate quantum noise in a mesoscopic quantum dot serving as a realization of the charged Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev (SYK) model weakly coupled to a fermionic lead via a tunnel contact. We find noise signatures under voltage and temperature biases that can serve as clear markers of the SYK physics in experiments with related setups. We develop a linear response theory that treats all types of noise on the same footing and generalizes a concept of transport coefficients for charge and heat currents, as well as relations between them, to equilibrium noise power. Within this theory, we find characteristic scaling of the noise coefficients with temperature in all regimes that can be relevant for experimental realizations of the SYK dots, find a set of universal constants, with their values being unique to the SYK physics, that connect these coefficients, and characterize noise manifestations of the Coulomb blockade. Beyond SYK systems, these results may serve as a general framework for identification of non-Fermi-liquid signatures in mesoscopic transport and provide additional observables for experiments on thermoelectric phenomena.

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Phys. Rev. B 113, 125148– Published 27 March, 2026
  • Received 25 August 2025
  • Revised 25 November 2025
  • Accepted 10 March 2026
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