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Energetics of Pfaffian-AntiPfaffian Domains

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2020-01-22 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

In several recent works it has been proposed that, due to disorder, the experimentally observed nu=5/2 quantum Hall state could be microscopically composed of domains of Pfaffian order along with domains of AntiPfaffian order. We numerically examine the energetics required for forming such domains and conclude that for the parameters appropriate for recent experiments, such domains would not occur.

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@article{arxiv.1909.12844,
  title  = {Energetics of Pfaffian-AntiPfaffian Domains},
  author = {Steven H. Simon and Matteo Ippoliti and Michael P. Zaletel and Edward H. Rezayi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.12844},
  year   = {2020}
}

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