Abstract
The magnetoluminescence spectra of symmetric quantum wells containing an electron gas show an abrupt transition from Landau level behavior (i.e. a linear shift of energy with field) to quadratic (exciton-like) behavior as the magnetic field is increased. This so-called “Mott transition” always occurs at the field at which the electron filling factor ν e is 2, i.e. when the lowest Landau level is just filled. We show that the transition is a natural consequence of a hidden symmetry which has been shown to hold in two-dimensional systems at high fields. The mechanism driving it has nothing to do with that driving the true Mott transition, and it would be better named a “symmetry-driven transition”.
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