Skyrmions in the Moore-Read state at nu=5/2

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2009-10-21

arxiv.org/abs/0910.4176v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 086801 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

4 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.086801

We study charged excitations of the non-abelian Moore-Read liquid at filling factor nu=5/2, allowing for spin depolarization. Using a combination of numerical studies, and taking account of non-zero well widths, we find that at sufficiently low Zeeman energy it is energetically favourable for charge e/4 quasiholes to bind into "skyrmions" of charge e/2. We show that skyrmion formation is further promoted by disorder, and argue that this can lead to a depolarized nu=5/2 ground state in realistic experimental situations. We comment on the consequences for the activated transport.

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