“…As ⌳ increases, the agreement between the bilayer pair-distribution function g 12 bi ͑r͒ and the monolayer pair-distribution function g ↑↓ m ͑r͒ will deteriorate. However, the disagreement between the interlayer correlations and the unlike-spin correlation in the reference monolayer is more severe at small r than at large r. 31 The pair-distribution function at small values of r, in turn, should control the behavior of the LFFs at large wave vector q ӷ 2k F , while the main contribution to the Coulomb drag, at low densities, comes from scattering processes with q near 2k F . Thus, we see that our approach could be justified for the problem at hand, even when the interlayer spacing is less than or comparable to the in-layer interparticle distance, ⌳Շr s a B * , which is the case in the experiments of interest here.…”