arXiv · cond-mat/0301203
Coexistence of Composite-Bosons and Composite-Fermions in nu=1/2 + 1/2 Quantum Hall Bilayers
Abstract
In bilayer quantum Hall systems at filling fractions near nu=1/2+1/2, as the spacing d between the layers is continuously decreased, intra-layer correlations must be replaced by inter-layer correlations, and the composite fermion (CF) Fermi seas at large d must eventually be replaced by a composite boson (CB) condensate or "111 state" at small d. We propose a scenario where CBs and CFs coexist in two interpenetrating fluids in the transition. Trial wavefunctions describing these mixed CB-CF states compare very favorably with exact diagonalization results. A Chern-Simons transport theory is constructed that is compatible with experiment.
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Steven H. Simon, E. H. Rezayi, Milica Milovanovic. 2003-01-13. Coexistence of Composite-Bosons and Composite-Fermions in nu=1/2 + 1/2 Quantum Hall Bilayers. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.91.046803
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