LOW-TEMPERATURE TRANSPORT IN THE HOPPING REGIME - EVIDENCE FOR CORRELATIONS DUE TO EXCHANGE

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DAI, PH
ZHANG, YZ
SARACHIK, MP
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[1] Physics Department, City College, City University of New York, New York
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.1804
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Activated conduction, rho = rho-0 exp[(T0"/T)x], with x equal to or close to 1 is observed for insulating Si:B at low temperatures, indicating the presence of a "hard" gap in the density of states. A magnetic field suppresses this unexpectedly strong temperature dependence, changing it to the variable-range-hopping form rho(H) = rho-0(H) exp{[T0'(H)/T]1/2} expected for a "soft" parabolic Coulomb gap. This suggests that the density of states is determined by electron correlations due to spin as well as charge.
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