EXCITATIONS OF THE STRONGLY CORRELATED ELECTRON LIQUID IN COUPLED LAYERS

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作者
NEILSON, D [1 ]
SWIERKOWSKI, L [1 ]
SZYMANSKI, J [1 ]
LIU, L [1 ]
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[1] TELECOM AUSTRALIA,RES LABS,CLAYTON,VIC 3168,AUSTRALIA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.4035
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The low-lying excited states in a system of coupled layers of electrons in a gallium arsenide heterostructure are strongly affected by many-body correlations between the electrons for densities as high as r(s) = 5. For a layer spacing of less than 100 nm the function Im(chi)(q, omega) near q = 1.9k(F) has a large peak at small omega which is apparently a soft-mode precursor to a charge density wave instability. This new peak should be observable with present experimental techniques in realistic samples. The linear gradient of the ''acoustic'' plasmon is depressed so much by many-body effects that for r(s) = 5 it can become degenerate with the single-particle excitation spectrum for all q.
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页码:4035 / 4038
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