Electron-phonon interactions on a single-branch quantum Hall edge

Abstract

We consider the effect of electron-phonon interactions on edge states in quantum Hall systems with a single edge branch. The presence of electron-phonon interactions modifies the single-particle propagator for general quantum Hall edges, and, in particular, destroys the Fermi liquid even at integer filling. The effect of the electron-phonon interactions may be detected experimentally in the AC conductance or in the tunneling conductance between integer quantum Hall edges.