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Massive skyrmions in quantum Hall ferromagnets

Condensed Matter 2014-10-13 v2

Abstract

We apply the theory of elasticity to study the effects of skyrmion mass on lattice dynamics in quantum Hall systems. We find that massive Skyrme lattices behave like a Wigner crystal in the presence of a uniform perpendicular magnetic field. We make a comparison with the microscopic Hartree-Fock results to characterize the mass of quantum Hall skyrmions at ν=1\nu=1 and investigate how the low temperature phase of Skyrme lattices may be affected by the skyrmion mass.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0005195,
  title  = {Massive skyrmions in quantum Hall ferromagnets},
  author = {M. Abolfath and Kieran Mullen and H. T. C. Stoof},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0005195},
  year   = {2014}
}

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6 pages and 2 figures