Two-component theory of a droplet of electrons in half-filled Landau level

Abstract

We have investigated low energy excitations of a disk of electrons in half-filled Landau level using trail wave function and small-size exact diagonalization approaches. We have constructed a set of many-body basis states that describe correctly the low energy excitations. In this theory a droplet consists of two types of composite fermion liquids, and suggests that a droplet can support an edge magnetoplasmon and low energy droplet excitations. A possibility of measuring these excitations in a quantum dot is discussed.