Realizing the interacting resonant level model using a quantum dot detector

The interacting resonant level model (IRLM) is the simplest quantum impurity model to display strongly correlated effects in mesoscopic systems, which triggered its extensive theoretical study. However, to date, there have not been any realizations of the model with controllable interaction parameter, and thus the detailed predictions could not be confirmed. Here we use a recently developed approach to Anderson orthogonality catastrophe physics, using a charge detector coupled to a quantum dot (QD) system, to devise a simple experimental system which could display IRLM behavior and detail its predictions. At the same time, the mapping to IRLM allows us to determine the interaction parameter of the charge detector using simple experimental probes.