Structural properties of electrons in quantum dots in high magnetic fields: Crystalline character of cusp states and excitation spectra

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Yannouleas, Constantine ^a   Landman, Uzi ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MAGNETIC FIELD; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM DOT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 13944258768     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.235319     Document Type: Article

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