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Electric field scaling at a B=0 metal-insulator transition in two dimensions

Condensed Matter 2009-10-28 v2

Abstract

The non-linear (electric field-dependent) resistivity of the 2D electron system in silicon exhibits scaling as a function of electric field and electron density in both the metallic and insulating phases, providing further evidence for a true metal-insulator transition in this 2D system at B=0. Comparison with the temperature scaling yields separate determinations of the correlation length exponent, \nu=1.5, and the dynamical exponent, z=0.8, close to the theoretical value z=1.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9608101,
  title  = {Electric field scaling at a B=0 metal-insulator transition in two dimensions},
  author = {S. V. Kravchenko and D. Simonian and M. P. Sarachik and Whitney Mason and J. E. Furneaux},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9608101},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

We have slightly changed discussion after a conversation with B. I. Shklovskii whom we thank very much