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Broken Symmetries in the Reconstruction of v=1 Quantum Hall Edges

S. M. Reimann, M. Koskinen, S. Viefers, M. Manninen, B. Mottelson

cond-mat.mes-hallarXiv:cond-mat/9908208

Abstract

Spin-polarized reconstruction of the v=1 quantum Hall edge is accompanied by a spatial modulation of the charge density along the edge. We find that this is also the case for finite quantum Hall droplets: current spin density functional calculations show that the so-called Chamon-Wen edge forms a ring of apparently localized electrons around the maximum density droplet (MDD). The boundaries of these different phases qualitatively agree with recent experiments. For very soft confinement, Chern-Simons Ginzburg-Landau theory indicates formation of a non-translational invariant edge with vortices (holes) trapped in the edge region.

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