arXiv · 0801.2402
Halperin (m, m',n) bilayer quantum Hall states on thin cylinders
Abstract
The Halperin $(m,m',n)$ bilayer quantum Hall states are studied on thin cylinders. In this limit, charge density wave patterns emerge that are characteristic of the underlying quantum Hall state. The general patterns are worked out from a variant of the plasma analogy. Torus degeneracies are recovered, and for some important special cases a connection to well-known spin chain physics is made. By including interlayer tunneling, we also work out the critical behavior of a possible phase transition between the $(331)$ state and the non-abelian Moore-Read state in the thin cylinder limit.
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Alexander Seidel, Kun Yang. 2008-09-06. Halperin (m, m',n) bilayer quantum Hall states on thin cylinders. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.101.036804
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