Wigner crystallization in a quasi-three-dimensional electronic system

Nature Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 936-939

  Piot, B A ^a   Jiang, Z ^b,c   Dean, C R ^a   Engel, L W ^b   Gervais, G ^a   Pfeiffer, L N ^d   West, K W ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; ELECTRON-ELECTRON INTERACTIONS; ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; FRACTIONAL QUANTUM HALL LIQUIDS; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS; TRANSLATIONAL SYMMETRY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTRONS; WIGNER CRYSTALLIZATION;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 57049088541     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1094     Document Type: Article

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