Evidence of soft-mode quantum phase transitions in electron double layers

Science

Volumn 281, Issue 5378, 1998, Pages 799-802

  Pellegrini, Vittorio ^a,b   Pinczuk, Aron ^a,c   Dennis, Brian S ^a   Plaut, Annette S ^d   Pfeiffer, Loren N ^a   West, Ken W ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON GAS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; HALL EFFECT; LIGHT SCATTERING; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

COULOMB INTERACTION; INELASTIC LIGHT SCATTERING; LANDAU LEVEL; QUANTUM HALL STATE; QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITION; SPIN; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS; ZEEMAN SPLITTING;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0032493862     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5378.799     Document Type: Article

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