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Density Waves in a Transverse Electric Field

Condensed Matter 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

In a quasi-one-dimensional conductor with an open Fermi surface, a Charge or a Spin Density Wave phase can be destroyed by an electric field perpendicular to the direction of high conductivity. This mechanism, due to the breakdown of electron-hole symmetry, is very similar to the orbital destruction of superconductivity by a magnetic field, due to time-reversal symmetry.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9611016,
  title  = {Density Waves in a Transverse Electric Field},
  author = {Gilles Montambaux},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9611016},
  year   = {2009}
}

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3 pages, Latex, 2 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. B Rapid Comm