Generic ordering of structural transitions in quasi-one-dimensional Wigner crystals

J. E. Galván-Moya, V. R. Misko, and F. M. Peeters
Phys. Rev. B 90, 094111 – Published 17 September 2014

Abstract

We investigate the dependence of the structural phase transitions in an infinite quasi-one-dimensional system of repulsively interacting particles on the profile of the confining channel. Three different functional expressions for the confinement potential related to real experimental systems are used that can be tuned continuously from a parabolic to a hard-wall potential in order to find a thorough understanding of the ordering of the chainlike structure transitions. We resolve the long-standing issue why the most theories predicted a 1-2-4-3-4 sequence of chain configurations with increasing density, while some experiments found the 1-2-3-4 sequence.

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  • Received 10 June 2014
  • Revised 28 August 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.094111

©2014 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

J. E. Galván-Moya*, V. R. Misko, and F. M. Peeters

  • Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020, Antwerp, Belgium

  • *JesusEduardo.GalvanMoya@uantwerpen.be
  • vyacheslav.misko@uantwerpen.be
  • Francois.Peeters@uantwerpen.be

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Vol. 90, Iss. 9 — 1 September 2014

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