THEORY OF THE QUANTUM-HALL LIQUID TO INSULATOR TRANSITION

被引:17
作者
LEE, DH
KIVELSON, S
ZHANG, SC
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES,DEPT PHYS,LOS ANGELES,CA 90024
[2] IBM CORP,DIV RES,ALMADEN RES CTR,SAN JOSE,CA 95120
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.3302
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We study the quantum-Hall liquid to insulator transition in the two-dimensional electron gas, both where the disorder is large and where it is small so that the insulating state has moderate-range Wigner-crystal order. We use the Chern-Simons-Ginzburg-Landau theory to relate this transition to the transition between quantum-Hall liquids.
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页码:3302 / 3305
页数:4
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