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Skyrmions in the Moore-Read state at nu=5/2.
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We study charged excitations of the non-Abelian Moore-Read liquid at a filling factor nu=5/2, allowing for spin depolarization. Using a combination of numerical studies, and taking account of nonzero well widths, we find that at a sufficiently low Zeeman energy it is energetically favorable for charge e/4 quasiholes to bind into Skyrmions of charge e/2. We show that Skyrmion formation is further promoted by disorder, and argue that this can lead to a depolarized nu=5/2 ground state in realist...
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- Published
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- Journal:
- Physical Review Letters
- Volume:
- 104
- Issue:
- 8
- Pages:
- 086801
- Publication date:
- 2010-02-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1079-7114
- ISSN:
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0031-9007
- Source identifiers:
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158763
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- Language:
- English
- Pubs id:
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pubs:158763
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- pubs:158763
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- 2012-12-19
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- 2010
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