Can T, Chiu Y H, Laskin M, Wiegmann P
Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA.
Kadanoff Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
Phys Rev Lett. 2016 Dec 23;117(26):266803. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.266803. Epub 2016 Dec 22.
We study quantum Hall states on surfaces with conical singularities. We show that the electronic fluid at the cone tip possesses an intrinsic angular momentum, which is due solely to the gravitational anomaly. We also show that quantum Hall states behave as conformal primaries near singular points, with a conformal dimension equal to the angular momentum. Finally, we argue that the gravitational anomaly and conformal dimension determine the fine structure of the electronic density at the conical point. The singularities emerge as quasiparticles with spin and exchange statistics arising from adiabatically braiding conical singularities. Thus, the gravitational anomaly, which appears as a finite size correction on smooth surfaces, dominates geometric transport on singular surfaces.
我们研究了具有锥形奇点的表面上的量子霍尔态。我们表明,锥尖处的电子流体具有固有角动量,这完全归因于引力反常。我们还表明,量子霍尔态在奇点附近表现为共形原初态,其共形维度等于角动量。最后,我们认为引力反常和共形维度决定了锥点处电子密度的精细结构。奇点表现为准粒子,其自旋和交换统计源于锥形奇点的绝热编织。因此,在光滑表面上表现为有限尺寸修正的引力反常,在奇异表面上主导着几何输运。