Heat capacity of a condensed electron system in the dilute metal n-Hg0.8Cd0.2Te

J. P. Stadler and G. Nimtz
Phys. Rev. Lett. 56, 382 – Published 27 January 1986
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Abstract

The magnetic-fieldinduced Wigner condensation was studied as a function of the electron temperature. Evaluating energy relaxation time and transport measurements we have determined the heat capacity of electrons in n-Hg0.8Cd0.2Te. As far as we know, this procedure yields the first experimental data of the heat capacity of a condensed, low-density electron system (n≊1014 electrons/cm3). The data revealed a transition of the electron gas to a liquidlike state and eventually to a solidlike state with decreasing temperature.

  • Received 3 June 1985

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.382

©1986 American Physical Society

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J. P. Stadler and G. Nimtz

  • II. Physikalisches Institut, Universitat zu Köln, Zülpicher Strasse 77, 5000 Köln 41, Federal Republic of Germany

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Comment on ‘‘Heat capacity of a condensed electron system in the dilute metal n-Hg0.8Cd0.2Te’’

M. Shayegan, V. J. Goldman, and H. D. Drew
Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 428 (1987)

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Vol. 56, Iss. 4 — 27 January 1986

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