Properties of non-abelian fractional quantum hall states at filling ν=k/r

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Abstract

We compute the physical properties of non-Abelian fractional quantum Hall (FQH) states described by Jack polynomials at general filling ν=k/r. For r=2, these states are the Zk Read-Rezayi parafermions, whereas for r>2 they represent new FQH states. The r=k+1 states, multiplied by a Vandermonde determinant, are a non-Abelian alternative construction of states at fermionic filling 2/5,3/7,4/9,.... We obtain the thermal Hall coefficient, the quantum dimensions, the electron scaling exponent, and the non-Abelian quasihole propagator. The properties of the r>2 Jack polynomials indicate they are correlators of fields of nonunitary conformal field theories (CFT), but the CFT-FQH connection fails when invoked to compute physical properties such as the quasihole propagator. The quasihole wave function, written as a coherent state representation of Jack polynomials, has an identical structure for all non-Abelian states.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number246806
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume101
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 8 2008

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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