Splitting of long-wavelength modes of the fractional quantum hall liquid at ν=1/3 -: art. no. 066803

Resonant inelastic light scattering experiments at nu=1/3 reveal a novel splitting of the long-wavelength modes in the low energy spectrum of quasiparticle excitations in the charge degree of freedom. We find a single peak at small wave vectors that splits into two distinct modes at larger wave vectors. The evidence of well-defined dispersive behavior at small wave vectors indicates a coherence of the quantum fluid in the micron length scale. We evaluate interpretations of long-wavelength modes of the electron liquid.