Abstract
Using the Hamiltonian formulation for composite fermions developed recently, the temperature dependence of the spin polarization is computed for the translationally invariant fractional quantum Hall states at ν = 1/3 and ν = 2/5 in two steps. In the first step, the effect of particle-hole excitations on the spin polarization is computed in a composite-fermion Hartree-Fock approximation. The computed magnetization for ν = 1/3 lies above the experimental results for intermediate temperatures indicating the importance of long-wavelength spin fluctuations which are not correctly treated in the Hartree-Fock approximation. In the second step, spin fluctuations beyond the Hartree-Fock approximation are included for ν = 1/3 by mapping the problem onto the coarse-grained continuum quantum ferromagnet. The parameters of the description in terms of the effective continuum quantum ferromagnet are extracted from the preceding Hartree-Fock analysis. After the inclusion of spin fluctuations in a large-N approach, the results for the finite-temperature spin polarization are in quite good agreement with the experiments.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 10543-10560 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Journal of Physics Condensed Matter |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 50 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 18 2000 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Materials Science (all)
- Condensed Matter Physics