Title: Half-filled 2D bilayers in a strong magnetic field: Revisiting the $\nu=1/2$ fractional quantum Hall effect
Abstract: We examine the quantum phase diagram of the fractional quantum Hall effect in the lowest Landau level in half-filled bilayer structures as a function of tunneling strength and layer separation. Using numerical exact diagonalization we investigate the important question of whether this system supports a fractional quantum Hall effect described by the non-Abelian Moore-Read Pfaffian state in the strong tunneling regime. We find that, although it is in principle possible, it is unlikely that the non-Abelian FQHE exists in the lowest Landau level. We establish that all so far observed FQHE states in half-filled lowest Landau level bilayers are most likely described by the Abelian Halperin 331 state.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-10-22
Language: en
Type: preprint
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