Hartree-Fock theory of skyrmions in quantum Hall ferromagnets
Hartree-Fock theory of skyrmions in quantum Hall ferromagnets
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.55.10671
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发表时间:
1997-04-15
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Sondhi, SL
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作者:
Fertig, HA;Brey, L;Sondhi, SL
We report on a study of the charged-Skymion or spin-texture excitations which occur in quantum Hall ferromagnets near odd Landau-level filling factors. Particle-hole symmetry is used to relate the spin-quantum numbers of charged particle and hole excitations and neutral particle-hole pair excitations. Hartree-Fock theory is used to provide quantitative estimates of the energies of these excitations and their dependence on Zeeman coupling strength, Landau-level quantum numbers, and the thicknesses of the two-dimensional electron layers. For the case of v near three we suggest the possibility of first-order phase transitions with increasing Zeeman coupling strength from a many-Skyrmion state to one with many maximally spin-polarized quasiparticles.