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Chiral boson, $W_\infty$-coherent state and edge states in the quantum Hall effect

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-09-06 v1

Abstract

We perform consistently the Gupta-Bleuler quantization combined with Dirac procedure for a chiral boson with the parameter (α\alpha) on the circle, the boundary of the circular droplet. For α=1\alpha =1, we obtain the holomorphic constraints. Using the representation of Bargmann-Fock space and the Schr\"odinger equation, we construct the holomorphic wave functions. In order to interpret these functions, we introduce the WW_\infty-coherent state to account for the infinite-dimensional translation symmetry for the Fourier (edge) modes. The α=1\alpha=1 wave functions explain the neutral edge states for ν=1\nu =1 quantum Hall fluid very well. In the case of α=1\alpha = -1, we obtain the new wave functions which may describe the higher modes (radial excitations) of edge states. Finally, the charged edge states are described by the α1|\alpha| \not=1 wave functions.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9602133,
  title  = {Chiral boson, $W_\infty$-coherent state and edge states in the quantum Hall effect},
  author = {Y. S. Myung},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9602133},
  year   = {2016}
}

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19 pages, RevTeX, the invited paper for Nuclear Science and Techniques