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Pseudospin ferromagnetism in double-quantum-wire systems

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2007-05-23 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

We propose that a pseudospin ferromagnetic (i.e inter-wire coherent) state can exist in a system of two parallel wires of finite width in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field. This novel quantum many-body state appears when the inter wire distance decreases below a certain critical value which depends on the magnetic field. We determine the phase boundary of the ferromagnetic phase by analyzing the softening of the spin-mode velocity using the bosonization approach. We also discuss signatures of this state in tunneling and Coulomb drag experiments.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0501694,
  title  = {Pseudospin ferromagnetism in double-quantum-wire systems},
  author = {D. -W. Wang and E. G. Mishchenko and E. Demler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0501694},
  year   = {2007}
}

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