2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/107114We have investigated the valley splitting of two-dimensional electrons in high quality Si/Si$_{1-x}$Ge$_x$ heterostructures under tilted magnetic fields. For all the samples in our study, the valley splitting at filling factor $ν=3$ ($Δ_3$) is significantly different before and after the coincidence angle, at which energy levels cross at the Fermi level. On both sides of the coincidence, a linear density dependence of $Δ_3$ on the electron density was observed, while the slope of these two configurations differs by more than a factor of two. We argue that screening of the Coulomb interaction from the low-lying filled levels, which also explains the observed spin-dependent resistivity, is responsible for the large difference of $Δ_3$ before and after the coincidence.REVTEX 4 pages, 4 figuresMesoscale and Nanoscale Physicstext