Stability of the smectic quantum Hall state: A quantitative study

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 4156-4159

  Yi, Hangmo ^a   Fertig, H A ^a   Cote R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

LANDAU LEVELS; SMECTIC QUANTUM HALL STATE; TIME DEPENDENT HARTREE-FOCK APPROXIMATION;

ELECTRON GAS;

EID: 14344268418     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.4156     Document Type: Article

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