The Cyclotron Spin-Flip Mode as the Lowest-Energy Excitation of Unpolarized Integer Quantum Hall States

The cyclotron spin-flip modes of spin unpolarized integer quantum Hall states ($\nu =2,4$) have been studied with inelastic light scattering. The energy of these modes is significantly smaller compared to the bare cyclotron gap. Second order exchange corrections are held responsible for a negative energy contribution and render these modes the lowest energy excitations of unpolarized integer quantum Hall states.Comment: Published: Phys. Rev. B 72, 073304 (2005