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End states due to a spin-Peierls transition in quantum wires

1999; American Physical Society; Volume: 59; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1103/physrevb.59.1613

1095-3795

S. M. Reimann, M. Koskinen, M. Manninen,

Advanced Chemical Physics Studies

We report the occurrence of a spin-Peierls transition in the quasi-one-dimensional electron gas. In finite quantum wires this transition to an antiferromagnetically ordered ground state leads to localized end states created by the periodic effective potential of a spin-density wave.