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Theory of magnetic field-Induced charge-density-wave phases

A. G. Lebed'<sup>ab

a</sup> Physics Department, Boston College
^b L. D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences

Abstract: We elaborate an analytical theory of a cascade of magnetic field-induced charge-density-wave (FICDW) phases. It is shown that the following features distinguish it from the well-known spin-density-wave cascade: 1) the FICDW phases exist at temperatures much lower than the characteristic CDW transition temperature at $H=0$; 2) the cascade of the FICDW phases dramatically changes at certain directions of a magnetic field due to an interplay of Zeeman spin-splitting and an electron motion along open Fermi surfaces. Theoretical results are compared with the recent experimental attempts to reveal the FICDW phases in organic conductors $\alpha$-(ET)$_2$MHg(SCN)$_4$ (M = K, Tl, Rb, etc.).

PACS: 72.15.Gd, 74.70.Kn

Language: English

 English version: Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters, 2003, 78:3, 138–142

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