Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1995-05-03
Nucl.Phys. B455 (1995) 505-521
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
21 pages; submitted as uuencoded, compressed postscript
Scientific paper
10.1016/0550-3213(95)00449-3
The role of edge states in phenomena like the quantum Hall effect is well known. In this paper we show how the choice of boundary conditions for a one-particle Schr\"odinger equation can give rise to states localized at the edge of the system. We consider both the example of a free particle and the more involved example of a particle in a magnetic field. In each case, edge states arise from a non-trivial scaling limit involving the boundary conditions. Second quantization of these quantum mechanical systems leads to a multi-particle ground state carrying a persistent current at the edge. We show that the theory quantized with this vacuum displays an ``anomaly'' at the edge which is the mark of a quantized Hall conductivity in the presence of an external magnetic field. We also offer interpretations for the physics of such boundary conditions which may have a bearing on the nature of the excitations of these systems.
John Varghese
Jungman Gerard
Vaidya Sachindeo
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