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Microscopic origin of collective exponentially small resistance states

Materials Science 2009-11-10 v2

Abstract

The formation of "zero" (exponentially small) resistance states (ESRS) in high mobility two-dimensional electron systems (2DES) in a static magnetic field B and subjected to strong microwave (MW) radiation has attracted great theoretical interest. These states appear to be associated with a new kind of energy gap Δ\Delta. Here I show that the energy gap Δ\Delta is explained by a microscopic quantum model that involves the Prime Number Theorem, hitherto reserved for only mathematical contexts.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0303184,
  title  = {Microscopic origin of collective exponentially small resistance states},
  author = {J. C. Phillips},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0303184},
  year   = {2009}
}

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9 pages, submitted to Solid State Communications