title: Pseudospin ferromagnetism in double-quantum-wire systems.
abstract: We propose that a pseudospin ferromagnetic (i.e., interwire coherent) state can exist in a system of two parallel wires of finite width in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field. This novel quantum many-body state appears when the interwire distance decreases below a certain critical value which depends on the magnetic field. We determine the phase boundary of the ferromagnetic phase by analyzing the softening of the spin-mode velocity using the bosonization approach. We also discuss the signatures of this state in tunneling and Coulomb drag experiments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300, Republic of China.
authors.forename: D-W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Mishchenko
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Demler