RANDOMNESS AT THE EDGE - THEORY OF QUANTUM HALL TRANSPORT AT FILLING NU=2/3

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作者
KANE, CL [1 ]
FISHER, MPA [1 ]
POLCHINSKI, J [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA,INST THEORET PHYS,SANTA BARBARA,CA 93106
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.4129
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Current Luttinger liquid edge state theories for filling nu = 2/3 predict a nonuniversal Hall conductance, in disagreement with experiment. Upon inclusion of random edge tunneling we find a phase transition into a new disorder-dominated edge phase. An exact solution of the random model in this phase gives a quantized Hall conductance of 2/3 and a neutral mode propagating upstream. The presence of the neutral mode changes the predicted temperature dependence for tunneling through a point contact from T2/nu-2 to T2.
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