2000/01/31 by F. D. M. Haldane, E. H. Rezayi, E H. Rezayi +1 · 7 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Condensed matter physics #Electron #Excited state #Explicit symmetry breaking #Fermi gas #Ground state #Landau quantization #Landau theory #Magnetic field #Perpendicular #Physics #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Quantum Hall effect #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Quantum mechanics #Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics #Spontaneous symmetry breaking #Symmetry (geometry) #Symmetry breaking #Translational symmetry #cond-mat.mes-hall
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.85.5396
published as Physicsal Review Letters 85, 5396 (2000) · replaced by the published version
openalex publication_date 2000/12/18 · arxiv created 2001/01/16 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We report on results of systematic numerical studies of two-dimensional electron gas systems subject to a perpendicular magnetic field, with a high Landau level partially filled by electrons. Our results are strongly suggestive of a breakdown of translational symmetry and the presence of crystalline order in the ground state. This is in sharp contrast with the physics of the lowest and first excited Landau levels, and in good qualitative agreement with earlier Hartree-Fock studies. Experimental implications of our results are discussed.