Destabilization of the 2D conducting phase by an in-plane magnetic field
  We propose a mechanism for the recently reported destabilization by an in-plane magnetic field of the conducting phase of low density electrons in 2D. We apply our self-consistent approach based on the memory function formalism to the fully spin polarized electron system. This takes into account both disorder and exchange-correlation effects. We show that spin polarization significantly favors localization because of the enhancement of the exchange-correlations. A key outcome is that the conducting phase for the fully spin polarized system is significantly suppressed. The in-plane magnetic field needed to stabilize the fully spin polarized state lies in the range 0.1<H<1 T, depending on the carrier density. We determine the metal-insulator phase diagram for the unpolarized and fully polarized systems, and we estimate the dependence of the critical magnetic field on carrier density. 
J.S. Thakur and D. Neilson (University of New South Wales, Sydney,   Australia)