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Spin-independent origin of the strongly enhanced effective mass in a dilute 2D electron system
A A Shashkin1, Maryam Rahimi, S Anissimova
1Physics Department, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Abstract:
We accurately measure the effective mass in a dilute two-dimensional electron system in silicon by analyzing the temperature dependence of the Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations in the low-temperature limit. A sharp increase of the effective mass with decreasing electron density is observed. We find that the enhanced effective mass is independent of the degree of spin polarization, which points to a spin-independent origin of the mass enhancement and is in contradiction with existing theories.
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