A unified conformal field theory description of paired quantum Hall states

DOI10.1007/S002200050693zbMATH Open0960.81064arXivhep-th/9810105OpenAlexW3106376924MaRDI QIDQ1809217FDOQ1809217

Authors: Andrea Cappelli, Lachezar S. Georgiev, Ivan Todorov 

Publication date: 16 December 1999

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The wave functions of the Haldane-Rezayi paired Hall state have been previously described by a non-unitary conformal field theory with central charge c=-2. Moreover, a relation with the c=1 unitary Weyl fermion has been suggested. We construct the complete unitary theory and show that it consistently describes the edge excitations of the Haldane-Rezayi state. Actually, we show that the unitary (c=1) and non-unitary (c=-2) theories are related by a local map between the two sets of fields and by a suitable change of conjugation. The unitary theory of the Haldane-Rezayi state is found to be the same as that of the 331 paired Hall state. Furthermore, the analysis of modular invariant partition functions shows that no alternative unitary descriptions are possible for the Haldane-Rezayi state within the class of rational conformal field theories with abelian current algebra. Finally, the known c=3/2 conformal theory of the Pfaffian state is also obtained from the 331 theory by a reduction of degrees of freedom which can be physically realized in the double-layer Hall systems.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9810105

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zbMATH Keywords

superselection sectors\(\mathbb{Z}_2\) orbifoldHaldane-Rezayi stateholomorphic wave functionorthogonal lattice algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70)

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