Coulomb gap
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The Coulomb gap is a soft depletion of electronic states near the Fermi level in disordered or localized systems, arising from long-range electron–electron interactions.
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| Coulomb gap canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Coulomb gap Context triple: [Electronic Processes in Non-Crystalline Materials, describedConcept, Coulomb gap]
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Landau–Pomeranchuk–Migdal effect
The Landau–Pomeranchuk–Migdal effect is a quantum electrodynamics phenomenon in which high-energy electrons and photons in dense media experience suppressed bremsstrahlung and pair production due to multiple scattering.
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Luttinger liquid theory
Luttinger liquid theory is a framework describing the collective, non-Fermi-liquid behavior of interacting electrons in one-dimensional conductors, where excitations are best understood as bosonic density waves rather than quasiparticles.
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Landau–Peierls instability
Landau–Peierls instability is a theoretical prediction in condensed matter physics that shows how long-wavelength thermal fluctuations destroy true long-range positional order in low-dimensional crystalline systems.
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Peierls transition
The Peierls transition is a phase transition in one-dimensional metals where a periodic lattice distortion opens an energy gap at the Fermi surface, turning the system from a metal into an insulator or semiconductor.
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Yang–Lee theory
Yang–Lee theory is a framework in statistical mechanics and phase transition theory that studies the distribution of zeros of the partition function in the complex plane to understand critical phenomena.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Coulomb gap Target entity description: The Coulomb gap is a soft depletion of electronic states near the Fermi level in disordered or localized systems, arising from long-range electron–electron interactions.
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A.
Landau–Pomeranchuk–Migdal effect
The Landau–Pomeranchuk–Migdal effect is a quantum electrodynamics phenomenon in which high-energy electrons and photons in dense media experience suppressed bremsstrahlung and pair production due to multiple scattering.
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B.
Luttinger liquid theory
Luttinger liquid theory is a framework describing the collective, non-Fermi-liquid behavior of interacting electrons in one-dimensional conductors, where excitations are best understood as bosonic density waves rather than quasiparticles.
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C.
Landau–Peierls instability
Landau–Peierls instability is a theoretical prediction in condensed matter physics that shows how long-wavelength thermal fluctuations destroy true long-range positional order in low-dimensional crystalline systems.
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Peierls transition
The Peierls transition is a phase transition in one-dimensional metals where a periodic lattice distortion opens an energy gap at the Fermi surface, turning the system from a metal into an insulator or semiconductor.
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E.
Yang–Lee theory
Yang–Lee theory is a framework in statistical mechanics and phase transition theory that studies the distribution of zeros of the partition function in the complex plane to understand critical phenomena.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electronic correlation effect
ⓘ
many-body effect ⓘ physical phenomenon ⓘ |
| affects | single-particle density of states ⓘ |
| assumes |
localized electronic states
ⓘ
poor screening of Coulomb interaction ⓘ |
| characterizedAs | soft gap ⓘ |
| consequenceOf | stability of ground state against single-electron excitations ⓘ |
| dependsOn |
carrier concentration
ⓘ
dimensionality of the system ⓘ disorder strength ⓘ screening of Coulomb interaction ⓘ |
| differentFrom | hard band gap ⓘ |
| effect |
soft depletion of electronic states
ⓘ
suppression of density of states at Fermi level ⓘ |
| energyScale | interaction energy between localized electrons ⓘ |
| field |
condensed matter physics
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disordered systems ⓘ electron transport ⓘ mesoscopic physics ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Coulomb repulsion
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long-range electron–electron interactions ⓘ |
| influences |
noise properties in disordered conductors
ⓘ
nonlinear current–voltage characteristics ⓘ |
| inThreeDimensions | density of states proportional to E^2 near Fermi level ⓘ |
| inTwoDimensions | density of states proportional to |E| near Fermi level ⓘ |
| leadsTo | Efros–Shklovskii variable-range hopping law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mathematicalForm | power-law suppression of density of states ⓘ |
| observedBy |
photoemission spectroscopy
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transport measurements ⓘ tunneling spectroscopy ⓘ |
| occursIn |
Anderson insulators
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
amorphous semiconductors ⓘ disordered electronic systems ⓘ doped semiconductors ⓘ granular metals ⓘ hopping conductors ⓘ localized electronic systems ⓘ two-dimensional electron systems ⓘ |
| occursNear | Fermi level NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predictedBy |
Alexandre Efros
NERFINISHED
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Boris Shklovskii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predictionYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Anderson localization
NERFINISHED
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Coulomb blockade ⓘ Mott variable-range hopping NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relevantFor | variable-range hopping conductivity ⓘ |
| temperatureDependence | influences low-temperature conductivity ⓘ |
| theory | Efros–Shklovskii theory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Coulomb gap Description of subject: The Coulomb gap is a soft depletion of electronic states near the Fermi level in disordered or localized systems, arising from long-range electron–electron interactions.
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