Observable Bulk Signatures of Non-Abelian Quantum Hall States

N. R. Cooper and Ady Stern
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 176807 – Published 30 April 2009

Abstract

We show that non-Abelian quantum Hall states can be identified by experimental measurements of the temperature dependence of either the electrochemical potential or the orbital magnetization. The predicted signals of non-Abelian statistics are within experimental resolution, and can be clearly distinguished from other contributions under realistic circumstances. The proposed measurement technique also has the potential to resolve spin-ordering transitions in low density electronic systems in the Wigner crystal and strongly interacting Luttinger liquid regimes.

  • Received 17 December 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.176807

©2009 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

N. R. Cooper1 and Ady Stern2

  • 1Theory of Condensed Matter Group, University of Cambridge, Cavendish Laboratory, J. J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
  • 2Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel

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Vol. 102, Iss. 17 — 1 May 2009

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