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An effective field theory is derived for the normal metal-to-superconductor quantum phase transition at T=0. The critical behavior is determined exactly for all dimensions d>2. Although the critical exponents \beta and \nu do not exist, the…
We studied the low-energy states of spin-1/2 quantum dots defined in InAs/InP nanowires and coupled to aluminium superconducting leads. By varying the superconducting gap, \Delta, with a magnetic field, B, we investigated the transition…
Recent advances in cold atom experimentation suggest that studies of quantum two-dimensional melting of dipolar molecules, with dipoles aligned perpendicular to ordering plane, may be on the horizon. An intriguing aspect of this problem is…
Low-temperature quantum oscillations of the dHvA amplitude are shown to persist far below the upper critical field of a strongly type-II superconductor, due to the gapless nature of the BCS quasiparticle spectrum in high fields. The dHvA…
Interlayer tunneling measurements in the strongly correlated bilayer quantized Hall phase at $\nu_T=1$ are reported. The maximum, or critical current for tunneling at $\nu_T=1$, is shown to be a well-defined global property of the coherent…
We discuss the effect of dissipation on quantum phase transitions. In particular we concentrate on the Superconductor to Insulator and Quantum-Hall to Insulator transitions. By invoking a phenomenological parameter $\alpha$ to describe the…
Single crystals of superconducting OsB_2 [T_c = 2.10(5) K] have been grown using a Cu-B eutectic flux. We confirm that OsB_2 crystallizes in the reported orthorhombic structure (space group Pmmn) at room temperature. Both the normal and…
We describe a new regime of magnetotransport in two dimensional electron systems in the presence of a narrow potential barrier imposed by external gates. In such systems, the Landau level states, confined to the barrier region in strong…
Effects of resonant acoustic phonon scattering on magnetoresistivity are examined in two-dimensional electron systems at low temperatures by using a balance-equation magnetotransport scheme direct controlled by the current. The…
We study the leading low temperature dependence of magnetic susceptibility of one-dimensional electrons with fixed total number of particles at the magnetic fields equal to zero temperature critical values where magnetic field induces…
We calculate the dissipative dc conductivity of a two-dimensional electron system in a magnetic field for the situation when its effective temperature exceeds the temperature of the acoustic phonon system. We demonstrate that at…
To fully appreciate the impacts that the discovery of the quantum Hall effect had on electrical metrology, it may benefit the reader to cultivate a general understanding of the phenomenon. Two-dimensional electron systems can exhibit many…
Theoretical investigation of Dirac electrons in electrically modulated graphene under perpendicular magnetic field B is presented. We have carried out a detailed study of modulation effect on Dirac electrons, which determine its electrical…
Amorphous solids show surprisingly universal behaviour at low temperatures. The prevailing wisdom is that this can be explained by the existence of two-state defects within the material. The so-called standard tunneling model has become the…
We report low temperature magnetotransport measurements on a high mobility (\mu=325,000 cm^2/V sec) 2D electron system on a H-terminated Si(111) surface. While low magnetic field data indicate a six-fold valley degenerate system, we observe…
Microscopic processes giving the energy gain and loss of a two-dimensional electron system in long-range potential fluctuations are studied theoretically at the breakdown of the quantum Hall effect in the case of even-integer filling…
We show that the spatial dimensionality of the quantum critical point associated with Bose--Einstein condensation at T=0 is reduced when the underlying lattice comprises a set of layers coupled by a frustrating interaction. Our theoretical…
We present the results of an experimental study of the current-voltage characteristics in strong magnetic field ($B$) of disordered, superconducting, thin-films of amorphous Indium-Oxide. As the $B$ strength is increased superconductivity…
The fundamental vacuum state of quantum fields, related to Minkowski space, produces divergent fluctuations that must be suppressed in order to bring reality to the description of physical systems. As a consequence, negative vacuum…
Ignited by the discovery of the metal-insulator transition, the behaviour of low-disorder two-dimensional (2D) electron systems is currently the focus of a great deal of attention. In the strongly-interacting limit, electrons are expected…