Point-like topological defects in bilayer quantum Hall systems
High Energy Physics - Theory
2011-02-16 v3
Abstract
Following a suggestion given in Phys. Lett. B 571 (2003) 250, we show how a bilayer Quantum Hall system at fillings nu =m/pm+2 can exhibit a point-like topological defect in its edge state structure. Indeed our CFT theory for such a system, the Twisted Model (TM), gives rise in a natural way to such a feature in the twisted sector. Our results are in agreement with recent experimental findings (cond-mat/0503478) which evidence the presence of a topological defect in the bilayer system.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0507110,
title = {Point-like topological defects in bilayer quantum Hall systems},
author = {Gerardo Cristofano and Vincenzo Marotta and Adele Naddeo and Giuliano Niccoli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0507110},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
9 pages, 3 figures