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Variable range hopping in two-dimensional systems of interacting electrons
1Department of Physics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA.
Physical Review Letters
|May 15, 2002
Abstract:
Computer modeling of the variable-range-hopping (VRH) conductivity in two-dimensional systems has been done by a kinetic Monte Carlo method, which includes some new elements. Study of the temperature dependence of the conductivity, testing of the different scaling relations, and study of the size effect show the detailed validity of the Efros-Shklovskii theory of the VRH in the system of interacting electrons. It has also been shown that simultaneous transitions of many electrons are not important. The reasons for disagreement with previous computational works are thoroughly analyzed.