Physics – Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
1999-07-19
Physics
Condensed Matter
12 pages, 7 figures included, submitted to Phys. Rev. B
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.61.5724
We propose a quantum stripe (smectic) coupled-Luttinger-liquid model for the anisotropic states which occur in two-dimensional electron systems with high-index partial Landau level filling, $\nu^{*} = \nu - \lbrack\nu\rbrack$. Perturbative renormalization group calculations establish that interaction terms neglected in this model are relevant - probably driving the system into an anisotropic Wigner crystal---but for $0.4 \lesssim \nu^{*} \lesssim 0.6$ only below temperatures which are outside of the experimentally accessible range. We argue that the Hall conductance of the ground state flows toward $\lbrack\nu\rbrack e^{2}/h$ and $(\lbrack\nu\rbrack + 1) e^{2}/h$ respectively, on the low and high filling factor sides of this range, consistent with recent observations. A semiclassical theory of smectic state transport properties, which incorporates Luttinger liquid effects in the evaluation of scattering amplitudes, accounts for the magnitude of the dissipative resistivities at $\nu^{*}=1/2$, for their $\nu^{*}$-dependence, and for the observation of non-linearities of opposite sign in easy and hard direction resistivities.
Fisher Matthew P. A.
MacDonald Allan. H.
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