Origin of chiral p-wave pairing in even-denominator fraction quantum Hall effect

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Abstract

We show that gauge field fluctuations in the composite fermion field theory can be exactly integrated out using a non-unitary transformation. An instantaneous statistical interaction is induced which makes the Fermi sea unstable to chiral p-wave pairing. We show that the paired state is a Moore-Read Pfaffian and discuss the effects of Coulomb interaction in connection to even-denominator fractional quantum Hall effect.

Authors

  • Yuan-Ming Lu

    • Department of Physics, Boston College
  • Yue Yu

    • Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Ziqiang Wang

    • Boston College
    • Department of Physics, Boston College
    • Boston college