Abstract
Using a time-resolved phonon absorption technique, we have measured the relative specific heat of a two-dimensional electron system in the fractional quantum Hall effect regime. For filling factors , , , , , , and the specific heat displays a strong exponential temperature dependence in agreement with excitations across a quasiparticle gap. At filling factor we were able to measure the relative specific heat of a composite fermion system. The observed nearly linear temperature dependence on temperature down to agrees well with early predictions for a Fermi liquid of composite fermions.
- Received 7 June 2007
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.76.153311
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