Abstract
Using a variational quantum Monte Carlo method, we study the two-dimensional Wigner crystal induced by a strong magnetic field in the fractional quantum Hall effect regime. Effects of exchange, intra-Landau-level correlation, and inter-Landau-level mixing on the total energy and their dependence on the carrier mass and magnetic field strength are calculated. Our results support that the recently observed reentrant behavior to an insulating phase around \ensuremath{\nu}=1/3 in p-doped GaAs/AlGaAs is a consequence of an increased stability of the Wigner crystal due to the effects of Landau-level mixing.
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