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An approximate analytic solution for the ground electron state are found to the Schroedinger equation for a combination of a uniform magnetic field and single attractive delta-potential. Effect of the magnetic field on this bound localized…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Kh. Chibirova , V. R. Khalilov

The edge states of a sample displaying the quantum Hall effect (QHE) can be described by a 1+1 dimensional (conformal) field theory of $d$ massless scalar fields taking values on a $d$-dimensional torus. It is known from the work of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 A. P. Balachandran , L. Chandar , B. Sathiapalan

The existence of bound states in quantum mechanics with no classical counterpart has been a subject of interest for a long time. Cross-wires and cavities connected to infinite leads are typical examples in which open geometries with bulges…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-01-18 Emerson Sadurni

The edges of graphene and graphene like systems can host localized states with evanescent wave function with properties radically different from those of the Dirac electrons in bulk. This happens in a variety of situations, that are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-09-20 J. L. Lado , N. Garcia-Martinez , J. Fernandez-Rossier

Coulomb effects on the edge states of a two dimensional electron gas in the presence of a high magnetic field are studied for different widths of the boundaries. Schr\"odinger and Poisson equations are selfconsistently solved in the integer…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 L. Brey , J. J. Palacios , C. Tejedor

Direct transitions, driven by disorder, from several integral quantum Hall states to an insulator have been observed in experiment. This finding is enigmatic in light of a theoretical phase diagram, based on rather general considerations,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 X. R. Wang , X. C. Xie , Q. Niu , J. K. Jain

We consider magnetic Schr\"odinger operators describing a quantum Hall effect setup both in the plane and in the half-plane. First, we study the structure and smoothness of the operator range of various powers of the half-plane resolvent.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-01-24 Massimo Moscolari , Benjamin B. Støttrup

Some popular mechanisms for restricting the diffusion of waves include introducing disorder (to provoke Anderson localization) and engineering topologically non-trivial phases (to allow for topological edge states to form). However, other…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-07-09 C. A. Downing , L. Martín-Moreno , O. I. R. Fox

We derive electromagnetomotive force fields for charged particles moving in a rotating Hall sample, satisfying a twofold U(1) gauge invariance principle. It is then argued that the phase coherence property of quantization of the line…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Uwe R. Fischer , Nils Schopohl

We consider an electron in two dimensions submitted to a magnetic field and to the potential of impurities. We show that when the electron is confined to a half-space by a planar wall described by a smooth increasing potential, the total…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 N. Macris , Ph. A. Martin , J. V. Pule

Understanding topological phases of matter is essential for advancing both the fundamental theory and practical applications of condensed matter physics. Recently, a theoretical framework for a quantum Hall system with an expanding edge…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-26 Yuuki Sugiyama , Tokiro Numasawa

The manifestation of the bulk quantum Hall effect on edge is the chiral anomaly. The chiral anomaly {\it is} the underlying principle of the ``edge approach'' of quantum Hall effect. In that approach, $\sxy$ should not be taken as the…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Y. -C. Kao , D. -H. Lee

Starting from recently proposed bosonic mean field theories for fully and partially polarized quantum Hall states, we construct corresponding effective low energy theories for the edge modes. The requirements of gauge symmetry and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 T. H. Hansson , S. Viefers

The quantum Hall effect is usually observed when the two-dimensional electron gas is subjected to an external magnetic field, so that their quantum states form Landau levels. In this work we predict that a new phenomenon, the quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Chao-Xing Liu , Xiao-Liang Qi , Xi Dai , Zhong Fang , Shou-Cheng Zhang

In this paper we consider an abelian Chern-Simons theory with plane boundary and we show, following Symankiz's quite general approach, how the known results for edge states in the Laughlin series can be derived in a systematic way by the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-12-19 Alberto Blasi , Dario Ferraro , Nicola Maggiore , Nicodemo Magnoli , Maura Sassetti

We study the integer and fractional quantum Hall effect on a honeycomb lattice at half-filling (graphene) in the presence of disorder and electron-electron interactions. We show that the interactions between the delocalized chiral edge…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. H. Castro Neto , F. Guinea , N. M. R. Peres

Despite the extensive literature on the quantum Hall effect (QHE), a direct derivation of the phenomenological formula $\rho_{xy} = h/e^2\nu$ from first principles has remained elusive. In this work, we revisit the Landau and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-11 Pedro Pereyra

We formulate a self-consistent model of the integer quantum Hall effect on an infinite strip, using boundary conditions to investigate the influence of finite-size effects on the Hall conductivity. By exploiting the translation symmetry…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-01-26 Giuliano Angelone , Manuel Asorey , Paolo Facchi , Davide Lonigro , Yisely Martinez

To fully appreciate the impacts that the discovery of the quantum Hall effect had on electrical metrology, it may benefit the reader to cultivate a general understanding of the phenomenon. Two-dimensional electron systems can exhibit many…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-15 Albert F. Rigosi

The object of the present study is the integrated density of states of a quantum particle in multi-dimensional Euclidean space which is characterized by a Schr\"odinger operator with a constant magnetic field and a random potential which…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Thomas Hupfer , Hajo Leschke , Peter Müller , Simone Warzel