Quantum Hall effect of interacting electrons in a periodic potential

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1997, Pages R7100-R7103

  Pfannkuche, Daniela ^a   MacDonald, A ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001040632     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.56.R7100     Document Type: Article

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