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Finite Temperature Behavior of the $\nu=1$ Quantum Hall Effect in Bilayer Electron Systems

Condensed Matter 2009-10-31 v2

Abstract

An effective field theoretic description of ν=1\nu=1 bilayer electron systems stabilized by Coulomb repulsion in a single wide quantum well is examined using renormalization group techniques. The system is found to undergo a crossover from a low temperature strongly correlated quantum Hall state to a high temperature compressible state. This picture is used to account for the recent experimental observation of an anomalous transition in bilayer electron systems (T. S. Lay, {\em et al.} Phys. Rev. B {\bf 50}, 17725 (1994)). An estimate for the crossover temperature is provided, and it is shown that its dependence on electron density is in reasonable agreement with i the experiment.

Cite

@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9906374,
  title  = {Finite Temperature Behavior of the $\nu=1$ Quantum Hall Effect in Bilayer Electron Systems},
  author = {M. Abolfath and Ramin Golestanian and T. Jungwirth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9906374},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Corrected typos, and changed content, 5 pages and 2 figures, accepted in Phys. Rev. B