A Field Theory for Partially Polarized Quantum Hall States

Details A Field Theory for Partially Polarized Quantum Hall States A Field Theory for Partially Polarized Quantum Hall States

1998-10-22

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9810289v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

RevTex, 9 pages

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.60.4866

We propose a new effective field theory for partially polarized quantum Hall states. The density and polarization for the mean field ground states are determined by couplings to two Chern-Simons gauge fields. In addition there is a $\sigma$-model field, $\mh$, which is necessary both to preserve the Chern-Simons gauge symmetry that determines the correlations in the ground state, and the global SU(2) invariance related to spin rotations. For states with non zero polarization, the low energy dynamics is that of a ferromagnet. In addition to spin waves, the spectrum contains topological solitons, or skyrmions, just as in the fully polarized case. The electric charge of the skyrmions is given by $Q_{el}=\nu P Q_{top}$, where $\nu$ is the filling fraction, $P$ the magnitude of the polarization, and $Q_{top}$ the topological charge. For the special case of full polarization, the theory involves a single scalar field and a single Chern-Simons field in addition to the $\sigma$-model field, $\mh$. We also give a heuristic derivation of the model lagrangians for both full and partial polarization, and show that in a mean field picture, the field $\mh$ is necessary in order to take into account the Berry phases originating from rotations of the electron spins.

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