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Continuous topological phase transitions between clean quantum Hall states

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-10-31 v3 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

Continuous transitions between states with the {\em same} symmetry but different topological orders are studied. Clean quantum Hall (QH) liquids with neutral quasiparticles are shown to have such transitions. For clean bilayer (nnm) states, a continous transition to other QH states (including non-Abelian states) can be driven by increasing interlayer repulsion/tunneling. The effective theories describing the critical points at some transitions are derived.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9908394,
  title  = {Continuous topological phase transitions between clean quantum Hall states},
  author = {Xiao-Gang Wen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9908394},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, RevTeX, 2 eps figures