Effective field theory description of the higher dimensional quantum hall liquid

Bogdan Andrei Bernevig; Chyh Hong Chern; Jiang Ping Hu; Nicolaos Toumbas; Shou Cheng Zhang

doi:10.1006/aphy.2002.6292

Effective field theory description of the higher dimensional quantum hall liquid

Bogdan Andrei Bernevig, Chyh Hong Chern, Jiang Ping Hu, Nicolaos Toumbas, Shou Cheng Zhang

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We derive an effective topological field theory model of the four dimensional quantum Hall liquid state recently constructed by Zhang and Hu. Using a generalization of the flux attachment transformation, the effective field theory can be formulated as a U(1) Chern-Simons theory over the total configuration space CP₃, or as a SU(2) Chern-Simons theory over S⁴. The new quantum Hall liquid supports various types of topological excitations, including the o-brane (particles), the 2-brane (membranes), and the 4-brane. There is a topological phase interaction among the membranes which generalizes the concept of fractional statistics.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	185-207
Number of pages	23
Journal	Annals of Physics
Volume	300
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1006/aphy.2002.6292
State	Published - Sep 15 2002
Externally published	Yes

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