Abstract
Exact diagonalization results are reported for the lowest rotational band of electrons in strong magnetic fields in the range of high angular momenta, (covering the corresponding range of fractional filling factors, A detailed comparison of energetic, spectral, and transport properties (specifically, magic angular momenta, radial electron densities, occupation number distributions, overlaps and total energies, and exponents of current-voltage power law) shows that the recently discovered rotating-electron-molecule wave functions [Phys. Rev. B 66, 115315 (2002)] provide a superior description compared to the composite-fermion–Jastrow-Laughlin ones.
- Received 24 February 2003
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.68.035326
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