Edge electron states for quasi-one-dimensional organic conductors in the magnetic-field-induced spin-density-wave phases
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Magnetometric Characterization of Intermediates in the Solid-State Electrochemistry of Redox-Active Metal-Organic Frameworks
Published on: June 9, 2023
K Sengupta1, H J Kwon, V M Yakovenko
1Department of Physics and Center for Superconductivity Research, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA.
Abstract:
We develop a microscopic picture of the electron states localized at the edges perpendicular to the chains in the Bechgaard salts in the quantum Hall regime. In a magnetic-field-induced spin-density-wave state characterized by an integer N, there exist N branches of chiral gapless edge excitations. Localization length is much longer and velocity much lower for these states than for the edge states parallel to the chains. We calculate the contribution of these states to the specific heat and propose a time-of-flight experiment to probe the propagating edge modes directly.
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