MELTING OF WIGNER ELECTRON CRYSTALS - PHENOMENOLOGY AND ANYON MAGNETISM

Abstract

The appropriate generalization of the Clausius-Clapeyron equation to describe the first-order melting transition of two-dimensional Wigner electron crystals is uscd (a) within a phenomenological framework and (b) in conjunction with microscopic theories relating to anyons and composite ferrnions, to represent the main features of the melting curve as a function of Landau level filling factor-nu.