Electron/nuclear spin domain walls in quantum Hall systems

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Mitra, Aditi ^a,b   Girvin, S M ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRON; ENERGY; GAS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 0043030023     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.245311     Document Type: Article

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