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Quantum Hall Transitions in (TMTSF)$_2$PF$_6$

Condensed Matter 2009-10-28 v2

Abstract

We have studied the temperature dependence of the integer quantum Hall transitions in the molecular crystal (TMTSF)2_2PF6_6. We find that the transition width between the quantum Hall plateaus does not exhibit the universal power-law scaling behavior of the integer quantum Hall effect observed in semiconducting devices. Instead, the slope of the ρxy\rho_{xy} risers, dρxy/dBd\rho_{xy}/dB, and the (inverse) width of the ρxx\rho_{xx} peaks, (ΔB)1(\Delta B)^{-1}, show a BCS-like energy gap temperature dependence. We discuss these results in terms of the field-induced spin-density wave gap and order parameter of the system.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9606212,
  title  = {Quantum Hall Transitions in (TMTSF)$_2$PF$_6$},
  author = {S. Valfells and J. S. Brooks and Z. Wang and S. Takasaki and J. Yamada and H. Anzai and M. Tokumoto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9606212},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages, RevTeX, 4 PostScript figures

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