Spin Superfluidity in the $\nu=0$ Quantum Hall State of Graphene

Abstract

A proposal to detect the purported canted antiferromagnet order for the $\nu=0$ quantum Hall state of graphene based on a two-terminal spin transport setup is theoretically discussed. In the presence of a magnetic field normal to the graphene plane, a dynamic and inhomogeneous texture of the N\'eel vector lying within the plane should mediate (nearly dissipationless) superfluid transport of spin angular momentum polarized along the $z$ axis, which could serve as a strong support for the canted antiferromagnet scenario. Spin injection and detection can be achieved by coupling two spin-polarized edge channels of the $|\nu|=2$ quantum Hall state on two opposite ends of the $\nu=0$ region. A simple kinetic theory and Onsager reciprocity are invoked to model the spin injection and detection processes, and the transport of spin through the antiferromagnet is accounted for using the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert phenomenology.