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Spectral sum rules and magneto-roton as emergent graviton in fractional quantum Hall effect

Journal Article · · Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
 [1];  [2];  [2]
  1. Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States); University of Chicago
  2. Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States)

Here, we consider gapped fractional quantum Hall states on the lowest Landau level when the Coulomb energy is much smaller than the cyclotron energy. We introduce two spectral densities, ρT(ω) and $$\bar{p}$$T(ω), which are proportional to the probabilities of absorption of circularly polarized gravitons by the quantum Hall system. We prove three sum rules relating these spectral densities with the shift S, the q4 coefficient of the static structure factor S4, and the high-frequency shear modulus of the ground state μ, which is precisely defined. We confirm an inequality, first suggested by Haldane, that S4 is bounded from below by |S–1|/8. The Laughlin wavefunction saturates this bound, which we argue to imply that systems with ground state wavefunctions close to Laughlin’s absorb gravitons of predominantly one circular polarization. We consider a nonlinear model where the sum rules are saturated by a single magneto-roton mode. In this model, the magneto-roton arises from the mixing between oscillations of an internal metric and the hydrodynamic motion. Implications for experiments are briefly discussed.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-90ER40560
OSTI ID:
1327326
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 22587679
Journal Information:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online) Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 2016; ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer BerlinCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Chiral Gravitons in Fractional Quantum Hall Liquids journal September 2019
Bimetric Theory of Fractional Quantum Hall States journal November 2017
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Chiral Gravitons in Fractional Quantum Hall Liquids text January 2019

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