Skyrme liquid versus Skyrme solid

Based on generic sum rules for two-dimensional, isotropic electron quantum liquids in the lowest Landau level, we propose analytic pair distribution functions for spin-polarized and spin-unpolarized liquid phases at filling factors View the MathML source. From the pair distribution functions we calculate the energy of such liquid phases and compare with the energy of the solid phase. The comparison suggests that the quantum melting phase transition to the Skyrme solid may lie much closer to ν=1 than ever expected.