I will present results from microwave
spectroscopy on two dimensional electron systems in the 2D
electron solid phases that terminate the fractional quantum Hall
liquid series at high magnetic fields [1]. The conductivity
spectrum exhibits a resonance, interpreted as the pinning mode of
the electron solid oscillating collectively in the disorder
potential [1,2]. Above a characteristic high temperature, the
resonance disappears due to melting. The melting temperature is
found to be determined ONLY by the many-body interaction between
electrons, given by the Landau level (LL) filling factor. At any
fixed LL filling factor, the melting temperature is insensitive
to the density of 2D electrons. In contrast, the melting
temperature for ANY classical solid is solely determined by its
density [3].
References:
[1] Y. P. Chen
et al., Phys. Rev.
Lett. 93, 206805 (2004).
[2] Y. Chen
et al., Phys. Rev.
Lett. 91, 016801 (2003);
R. M. Lewis
et al., Phys. Rev.
Lett. 93, 176808 (2004);
Phys. Rev. B 71, 081301 (2005).
[3] Y. P. Chen
et al., Nature Physics 2, 452 (2006).