Broken Symmetry and Josephson-like Tunneling in Quantum Hall Bilayers

Authors: 
Girvin, S. M.
Name of the Journal: 
International Journal of Modern Physics B
Proceedings, Conference, Subtitle or Series: 
Proc. 11th Int. Conf. on Recent Progress in Many-Body Theories
Date of Pub: 
November 10, 2003
Year of Publication: 
2002
Volume: 
17
Issue: 
28
Pages: 
4975-4985
Editor Info: 
R. F. Bishop, T. Brandes, K.A. Gernoth, N.R. Walet, and Y. Xian
Publisher Name, Address and Year: 
World Scientific
Abstract: 

I review recent novel experimental and theoretical advances in the physics of quantum Hall effect bilayers. Of particular interest is a broken symmetry state which optimizes correlations by putting the electrons into a coherent superposition of the two different layers.