Quantum Hall Skyrmions with Higher Topological Charge

Details Quantum Hall Skyrmions with Higher Topological Charge Quantum Hall Skyrmions with Higher Topological Charge

1997-04-14

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9704121v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

4 pages, 3 figures. Submitted to Phys. Rev. B, Rapid Communications

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We have investigated quantum Hall skyrmions at filling factor \nu=1 carrying more than one unit of topological, and hence electric, charge. Using a combination of analytic and numerical methods we find the counterintuitive result that when the Zeeman energy is tuned to values much smaller than the interaction energy (g \mu_B B/(e^2/\epsilon\ell) < 9*10^{-5}),the creation energy of a charge two skyrmion becomes less than twice the creation energy of a charge one skyrmion, i.e. skyrmions bind in pairs. The doubly charged skyrmions are stable to further accretion of charge and exhibit a 10% larger spin per unit charge than charge one skyrmions which would, in principle, signal this pairing.

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