A Conformal Field Theory Description of the Paired and Parafermionic States in the Quantum Hall Effect
Abstract
We extend the construction of the effective conformal field theory for the Jain hierarchical fillings proposed in Ref. 1 to the description of a quantum Hall fluid at nonstandard fillings ν =(m)/(pm+2). The chiral primary fields are found by using a procedure which induces twisted boundary conditions on the m scalar fields; they appear as composite operators of a charged and neutral component. The neutral modes describe parafermions and contribute to the ground state wave function with a generalized Pfaffian term. Correlators of Ne electrons in the presence of quasi-hole excitations are explicitly given for m=2.
- Publication:
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Modern Physics Letters A
- Pub Date:
- 2000
- DOI:
- 10.1142/S021773230000219X
- arXiv:
- arXiv:cond-mat/0003453
- Bibcode:
- 2000MPLA...15.1679C
- Keywords:
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- VERTEX OPERATOR;
- KAC-MOODY ALGEBRA;
- QUANTUM HALL EFFECT;
- Condensed Matter
- E-Print:
- 11 pages, plain Latex