Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2003-03-17
Phys. Rev. B 68, 165303 (2003).
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
55 pages and 14 figures. Submmitted to Phys. Rev. B
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.68.165303
We use the microscopic Hartree-Fock approximation to investigate various quantum phase transitions associated with possible spontaneous symmetry breaking induced by a tilted magnetic field in the integral quantum Hall regime of wide parabolic wells and zero width double well (bilayer) systems. We propose a general class of variational wavefunctions that describe several types of parity, spin, and translational symmetry breaking, including spin and charge density wave phases. Zero temperature quantum phase diagrams for these systems are calculated in the parameter regime of experimental interest. We discuss the symmetry properties of our predicted quantum phase diagrams and give a unified picture of these novel many-body phases. A conceptually new aspect of our theory is the predicted possibility for the spontaneous breaking of parity symmetry, which indicates a ``ferroelectric'' quantum order in integer quantum Hall systems and has not been considered in the literature before.
Demler Eugene
Sarma Sankar Das
Wang Daw-Wei
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