Edge modes and dressing fields for the Newton-Cartan quantum Hall effect

DOI10.1007/S10701-022-00615-4MaRDI QIDQ2103366zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors William J. Wolf, James Read, Nicholas J. Teh

Publication date 13 December 2022

Published in Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.08052

zbMATH Keywords

condensed matteredge modesgauge symmetriesNewton-Cartan theoryquantum Hall effect

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetries and conservation laws in mechanics of particles and systems (70S10)

Review text

A gauge-invariant approach is used to investigate the edge modes of the Newton-Cartan theory. The result is used as a framework for studying the quantum Hall effect. The symmetries involved, as well as possible conceptual applications are discussed.

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