The study of electronic properties reveals a common basis for a variety of systems, including gaseous plasmas, ionic solutions, metals, and semiconductors. "Electron Liquids" discusses newly discovered unusual electronic phenomena, with emphasis on electron correlations, including: - the quantum Hall effect - high-Tc superconductivity - electron-hole liquids - localization - Wigner crystallization - 1D organic conductors This book is designed for use not only as a reference work but also as a graduate text for modern solid-state physics and plasma physics. Press, Gordon & Breach Science Publishers, Inc., and lOP Publishing Ltd. The author's original work in this book was supported by the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research. Buffalo, NY A. Isihara July 1992 Preface The study of electronic properties reveals a common basis for a variety of systems, including gaseous plasmas, ionic solutions, metals, and semiconduc tors. This study started with one-electron properties in free space, as discussed in solid-state books. However, significant progress has been made recently in more realistic and complicated cases with interactions, confinements, im purities, and fields. Moreover, the recent discoveries of the quantum Hall ef fect, high-Tc superconductors, and localization phenomena, along with the in troduction of low-dimensional materials have opened new areas and have led to a tremendous number of articles in existing journals and even new specialized journals. This book has been written to provide a new, comprehen sive review on electronic properties in such diverse areas and materials. The title indicates emphasis on electron correlations. Chapter 1 starts with an introductory description of electron systems, including classification, characterization, and models. It provides the reader with a general account of the amazingly diverse electron systems. It is followed by discussions on strong ly coupled gaseous plasmas, electron-hole liquids, magnetic response, low dimensional systems, heavy Fermions, high-Tc superconductivity, localization, and the quantum Hall effect. Front Matter....Pages I-XI General Description of Electron Systems....Pages 1-20 Dielectric Function....Pages 21-41 One-Component Plasmas at High Temperatures....Pages 43-56 Low Temperature Plasmas....Pages 57-72 Electron—Hole Liquids....Pages 73-90 Correlation in a Magnetic Field....Pages 91-128 Electronic Specific Heat....Pages 129-149 Magnetoconductivity in Two Dimensions....Pages 151-169 Localization....Pages 171-191 Hopping, Percolation and Conductance Fluctuations....Pages 193-213 High T c Superconductivity....Pages 215-232 Integral Quantum Hall Effect....Pages 233-251 Fractional Quantum Hall Effect....Pages 253-269 Back Matter....Pages 271-307 The aim of this text is to provide graduate students and researchers with information concerning the recently discovered electronic phenomena important to modern solid-state and plasma physics. Its topics include the quantum Hall effect, localization, high-Tc superconductivity and more.
