Ground States of the Two-Dimensional Electron System at Half-Filling under Hydrostatic Pressure

• Main Author: Schreiber, Katherine A. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Phase transitions (Statistical physics).; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Low temperature physics.; Low temperatures.; Solid state physics.; Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Low Temperature Physics.; Solid State Physics.

This thesis presents the discovery of a surprising phase transition between a topological and a broken symmetry phase. Phase transitions between broken symmetry phases involve a change in symmetry and those between topological phases require a change in topological order; in rare cases, however, tra...