Quantum hall effect Definition and 30 Threads

I am reading up on QHE from: https://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/tong/qhe/five.pdf and am confused about the comment: "The action (5.5) has no Hall conductivity because this is ruled out in d = 3+1 dimensions on rotational grounds." Can someone explain why this is the case? My only guess is that...

I do not think that true emergent properties -- as defined by behavior of matter that cannot be reduced to fundamental physical law -- exist. Yet I have been told that the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect is an example of an emergent property. What is the consensus?

I need them short. I need them so I can understand the basics of topological insulator and semi-metal.

Hello there, I am having trouble understanding what parts b-d of the question are asking. By solving the Schrodinger equation I got the following for the Landau Level energies: $$E_{n,k} = \hbar \omega_H(n+\frac 12)+\frac {\hbar^2k^2}{2m}\frac{\omega^2}{\omega_H^2}$$ Where ##\omega_H =...

Title? Thanks. I think it does since these do : - Quasi particles - Collective behaviour of particles - Phase transitions Any others?

I have read some materials about quantum hall effect and know that at the edge of a 2D material , one can linearize the potential V and the linear dispersion relation represents right/left moving fermion. So , Can I say that for a given hamiltonian , if I can linearizae it at edge, then this...

Hi, I'm looking at QHE notes D.Tong and wondering how he gets from equation 5.46 to 5.48 ( http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/tong/qhe/five.pdf ) ##S_{CS}=\frac{k}{4\pi}\int d^3 x \epsilon^{\mu \nu \rho} tr(a_{\mu}\partial_{\nu}a_{\rho} -\frac{2i}{3}a_{\mu}a_{\nu}a_{\rho})##. manifold ## \bf{R}...

Hi , I'm looking at the argument in David Tongs notes (http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/tong/qhe/three.pdf) for ground state degeneracy on depending on the topology of the manifold (page 97, section 3.2.4). I follow up to getting equation 3.31 but I'm stuck on the comment after : ' But such an...

I am following David Tong's notes on the Quantum Hall Effect (https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.06687). One of the approaches he takes to the FQHE is the composite fermion approach (Section 3.3.2). There are two things I am struggling with. First of all he says that a vortex is something around which...

Hi all, Given that the question: From what i know , I am not sure how this equation can help me estimate the von-klitzing constant? Or is there another way? Thanks!

Hi, does anybody know of any good sources to learn about the Integer Quantum Hall effect from the perspective of theoretical physics? Any suggestion will be appreciated, thanks.

Hello! What are some good sources(preferably textbooks) to learn about Weyl semimetals? I also want some sources to learn about topological insulators and anything containing the Integer Quantum Hall effect would be great. As an aside, if you have any good book on theoretical condensed matter...

I am looks at problems that use the line integrals ##\frac{i}{{2\pi }}\oint_C A ## over a closed loop to evaluate the Chern number ##\frac{i}{{2\pi }}\int_T F ## of a U(1) bundle on a torus . I am looking at two literatures, in the first one the torus is divided like this then the Chern number...

I have studied the integer quantum hall effect mainly from David Tong's notes and i understand how the ## \rho_{xy}## is quantized in terms of the chern number. What I don't understand is - how the chern numbers relate to the number of filled Landau levels though. - I also don't understand the...

I am trying to derive the DC electrical conductivity using the pertubation theory in Interaction picture and linear response theory. If working in a energy eigen basis and using the density matrix, the Fourier transform of the susceptibility can be written as ##\chi {(\omega )_{ij}} =...

I am trying to understand Wen and Zee's article on topological quantum numbers of Hall fluid on curved space: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.953 They passingly mentiond the fact that a spinning particle with orbital angular momentum $s$ moving on a manifold with...

I have read some paper about transport measurement of graphene. From classical hall effect, we can get some information about kind of charge carrier, charge density etc. So, it is important for understanding matter. But, I don`t know why quantum hall effect is important in graphene transport...

How are Hofstader's Butterfly and Landau Levels in 2-Dimesnions related to each other, if at all ?

Hi everybody, I'm a second semester physics major who was fortunate enough to get a position in a research group at my school. What I want to do is get a head start on learning the physics that this lab studies. Currently, I'm in the honors section of basic E & M and I do well in class, not...

Why does the presence of an energy gap in QHE guarantee dissipationless current flow?

I'm having trouble understanding why the resistivity behaves as it does in comparison to the density of states for the quantum hall effect. Take the following two diagrams: (A) (B) I understand that there can be no scattering in (A) because all states are full (i.e. no elastic) and the gap is...

Hi , I need a good book or lecture on quantum hall effect. my supervisor wants me to find the Hamiltonian for the Qunatum hall effect, he want me to find this from this relation if it looks like a 2nd order differential of harmonic oscillation. can you please guide me doing this? $$H=...

Hi! I'm having trouble understanding the quantum hall effect, that is, the fact that the Hall resistance versus magnetic field curve has regions where it drops to zero, and the longitudinal resistance versus magnetic field curve features plateaus. When the filling factor is an integer, this...

Hi everybody! I'm studying the IQHE and I want to understand the rise of the diophantine equation. I read the thouless article but it was no so conclusive. I've also read the kohmoto article (phys rev B 1989) and he says that that property comes from the darboux theorem but i don't...

Hello fellow PFers! I have been trying to understand the Integer Quantum Hall Effect for quite a while. Many things seem to be understandable, however, I cannot create a satisfactory explanation of why IQHE (i.e. plateaux in the the Hall resistance R as a function of the magnetic field B)...

Can someone explain to me as simply as possible why the Laughlin states create energy gaps in the lowest landau level? I am trying to understand for a presentation why the Laughlin states correctly model the QHE effect when the filling factor is a odd fraction (1/3, 1/5, 1/7). As far as I...

My only problem with a basic conceptual understanding of the Quantum Hall Effect is the relation between longitudinal conductivity and resistivity when the magnetic field is such that the filling factor is an integer, and the Hall resistance is quantized. I fully understand the splitting of the...

hi what is Spin Hall effect and quantum hall effect? i can not find a good description on wikipedia.com do you have a good link or description? and another question: why in franck hertz experiment we use MERCURY instead of hydrogen? thanks

Could Anyons and Fractional quantum Hall effect create 2-D ribbons w/fractional electric charge (e/3) that combine to form fermions or bosons? Sundance Bilson-Thompson proposed a braiding model of 3's which could account for some particles of the standard model (i.e first generation fermions...

Hi there, I am currently learning about the quantum hall effect and am a bit confused about the edge states picture and how this fits in with the rest of the theory. In most books/review texts the theory is dicussed from the point of view of an infinite 2D system the magneteic field collapses...