Effect of inter-edge interaction in a quantum Hall collider

Abstract

Fractional quantum Hall (FQH) colliders measure anyon exchange phases via time-domain braiding, but the $ν=2/5$ state exhibits an intriguing negative Fano factor, challenging theoretical predictions. Here, we study the effect of inter-edge interactions in a multi-mode FQH collider. We demonstrate that the resulting fractionalization into eigenmodes causes the anyon beam to decompose into correlated and uncorrelated components, which have very distinct behavior in terms of time-domain braiding. We show that the uncorrelated part dominates in the long-junction limit, reversing the tunneling current sign and reproducing the observed negative Fano factor at $ν=2/5$. Our results highlight the role of interactions and provide a robust interpretation of anyonic braiding in multi-mode systems.