Abstract
The energies of pointlike defects in a clean two-dimensional (2D) electron Wigner crystal were calculated. Focus was on the energy of two kinds of point defects: a vacancy at one of the triangular unit cells. It was shown that the ground state for the two defects is a bound pair.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 492-495 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical review letters |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 15 2001 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)