Journal
ANNALS OF PHYSICS
Volume 324, Issue 7, Pages 1547-1572Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2009.03.005
Keywords
Topological states; Correlated electron systems; Quantum Hall effect; Conformal field theory
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- NSF [DMR/MSPA-0704666, DMR-0529399]
- DARPA-QUEST program
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We explain how (perturbed) boundary conformal field theory allows us to understand the tunneling of edge quasiparticles in non-Abelian topological states. The coupling between a bulk non-Abelian quasiparticle and the edge is due to resonant tunneling to a zero mode on the quasiparticle, which causes the zero mode to hybridize with the edge. This can be reformulated as the flow from one conformally invariant boundary condition to another in an associated critical statistical mechanical model. Tunneling from one edge to another at a point contact can split the system in two, either partially or completely. This can be reformulated in the critical statistical mechanical model as the flow from one type of defect line to another. We illustrate these two phenomena in detail in the context of the nu = 5/2 quantum Hall state and the critical Ising model, We briefly discuss the case of Fibonacci anyons and conclude by explaining the general formulation and its physical interpretation. (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier Inc.
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