Exact results for interacting electrons in high Landau levels
Abstract
We study a two-dimensional electron system in a magnetic field with a fermion hardcore interaction and without disorder. Projecting the Hamiltonian onto the n-th Landau level, we show that the Hartree-Fock theory is exact in the limit n \rightarrow \infty, for the high temperature, uniform density phase of an infinite system; for a finite-size system, it is exact at all temperatures. In addition, we show that a charge-density wave arises below a transition temperature T_t. Using Landau theory, we construct a phase diagram which contains both unidirectional and triangular charge-density wave phases. We discuss the unidirectional charge-density wave at zero temperature and argue that quantum fluctuations are unimportant in the large-n limit. Finally, we discuss the accuracy of the Hartree-Fock approximation for potentials with a nonzero range such as the Coulomb interaction.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9606177,
title = {Exact results for interacting electrons in high Landau levels},
author = {R. Moessner and J. T. Chalker},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9606177},
year = {2009}
}
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RevTex, 12 pages with figures included in same file; to appear in Physical Review B