Specific heat in the integer quantum Hall effect: An exact diagonalization approach

Mandal, Sudhansu S and Acharyya, Muktish (1998) Specific heat in the integer quantum Hall effect: An exact diagonalization approach. In: Physica B, 252 (1-2). pp. 91-95.

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Abstract

We have studied the integer quantum Hall effect at finite temperatures by diagonalizing a single body tight binding model Hamiltonian including Aharonov–Bohm phase. We have studied the energy dependence of the specific heat and the Hall conductivity at a given temperature. The specific heat shows a sharp peak between two consecutive Hall plateaus. At very low temperatures, the numerical results of the temperature variations of specific heat (in the plateau region) are in good agreement with the analytical results.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Physica B
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Keywords:	Integer quantum Hall effect;Specific heat;Tight binding model
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	04 Jan 2007
Last Modified:	24 Feb 2012 07:19
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/9225

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