Gauge fields and pairing in double-layer composite fermion metals

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Bonesteel, NE
McDonald, IA
Nayak, C
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[1] PENN STATE UNIV,DEPT PHYS,UNIVERSITY PK,PA 16802
[2] PRINCETON UNIV,DEPT PHYS,JOSEPH HENRY LABS,PRINCETON,NJ 08544
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.3009
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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A symmetrically doped double-layer electron system with total tilling fraction nu = 1/m decouples into two even-denominator composite fermion ''metals'' when the layer spacing is large. Statistical gauge fluctuations in this system mediate an attractive pairing interaction between composite fermions in different layers. A strong-coupling analysis shows that for any layer spacing d this pairing interaction leads to the formation of a paired quantum Hall state.
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