Non-Abelian states with negative flux: a new series of quantum Hall states

Thierry Jolicoeur (1)

1 LPTMS - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques

By applying the idea of parafermionic clustering to composite bosons with positive as well as negative flux, a new series of trial wavefunctions to describe fractional quantum Hall states is proposed. These non-Abelian states compete at filling factors k/(3k +/- 2) with other ground states like stripes or composite fermion states. These two series contain all the states recently discovered by Pan et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 016801 (2003)] including the even denominator cases. Exact diagonalization studies on the sphere and torus point to their possible relevance for filling factors 3/7, 3/11, and 3/8.

Domaines: Systèmes mésoscopiques et effet Hall quantique [cond-mat.mes-hall]

Thierry Jolicoeur. Non-Abelian states with negative flux: a new series of quantum Hall states. Physical Review Letters, 2007, 99, pp.036805. ⟨hal-00285964⟩