Trial state for a two-dimensional hexatic
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We investigate a possible trial state for liquid crystalline phases with hexatic order in two dimensions using a generalization of Laughlin’s wave function for a 1/7-filled lowest Landau level. This state has possible applications for the understanding of recent experiments showing melting at ca. 135 mK of the Wigner crystal to a fractional quantum Hall state at low filling factors @Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 176802 ~2002!#, and for other problems in two-dimensional crystallization of one-component plasmas like electrons on the surface of liquid helium.
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تاریخ انتشار 2003