Quantum depinning transition of quantum hall stripes

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 18, 2004, Pages

  Li, M R ^a,b,c   Fertig, H A ^b   Cote R ^a   Yi, Hangmo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d Korea Institute for Advanced Study   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; HALL EFFECT; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

ELASTIC THEORY; LOW-ENERGY DYNAMICS; QUANTUM-HALL STRIPES;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 2942696522     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.186804     Document Type: Article

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