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Quantum Hall effect in supersymmetric Chern-Simons theories


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Abstract

We introduce a supersymmetric Chern-Simons theory whose low energy physics is that of the fractional quantum Hall effect. The supersymmetry allows us to solve the theory analytically. We quantise the vortices and, by relating their dynamics to a matrix model, show that their ground state wavefunction is in the same universality class as the Laughlin state. We further construct coherent state representations of the excitations of a finite number of vortices. These are quasi-holes. By an explicit computation of the Berry phase, without resorting to a plasma analogy, we show that these excitations have fractional charge and spin.

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Keywords

hep-th, hep-th, cond-mat.str-el

Journal Title

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

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Journal ISSN

1098-0121
1550-235X

Volume Title

92

Publisher

American Physical Society (APS)
Sponsorship
Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST/L000385/1)
European Research Council (279943)