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Non-Abelian Fibonacci quantum Hall states in 4-layer rhombohedral stacked graphene

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2023-10-10 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

It is known that nn-degenerate Landau levels with the same spin-valley quantum number can be realized by nn-layer graphene with rhombohedral stacking under magnetic field BB. We find that the wave functions of degenerate Landau levels are concentrated at the surface layers of the multi-layer graphene if the dimensionless ratio η=γ1/(vF2eB/c)9/B[Tesla]1\eta = \gamma_1/(v_F\sqrt{2e\hbar B/c}) \approx 9/\sqrt{B[\text{Tesla}]} \gg 1, where γ1\gamma_1 is the interlayer hopping energy and vFv_F the Fermi velocity of single-layer graphene. This allows us to suggest that: 1) filling fraction ν=12\nu=\frac12 (or νn=512\nu_n = 5\frac12) non-Abelian state with Ising anyon can be realized in three-layer graphene for magnetic field B[2,9] B \in [ 2 , 9] Tesla; 2) filling fraction ν=23\nu=\frac23 (or νn=713\nu_n = 7\frac13) non-Abelian state with Fibonacci anyon can be realized in four-layer graphene for magnetic field B[5,9] B \in [ 5 , 9] Tesla. Here, ν\nu is the total filling fraction in the degenerate Landau levels, and νn\nu_n is the filling fraction measured from charge neutrality point which determines the measured Hall conductance. We have assumed the following conditions to obtain the above results: the exchange effect of Coulomb interaction polarizes the SU(4)SU(4) spin-valley quantum number in the degenerate Landau levels and effective dielectric constant ϵ10\epsilon \gtrsim 10 to reduce the Coulomb interaction. The high density of states of multi-layer graphene helps to reduce the Coulomb interaction via screening.

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@article{arxiv.2308.09702,
  title  = {Non-Abelian Fibonacci quantum Hall states in 4-layer rhombohedral stacked graphene},
  author = {Abigail Timmel and Xiao-Gang Wen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.09702},
  year   = {2023}
}

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5 pages, 2 figure