Interpretation of thermal conductance of the ν = 5/2 edge
Recent experiments [Banerjee et al, arXiv:1710.00492] have measured thermal conductance of the ν = 5/2 edge in a GaAs electron gas and found it to be quantized as K ≈ 5/2 (in appropriate dimensionless units). This result is unexpected, as prior numerical work predicts that the ν = 5/2 state should b...
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American Physical Society
2018
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| Shrnutí: | Recent experiments [Banerjee et al, arXiv:1710.00492] have measured thermal conductance of the ν = 5/2 edge in a GaAs electron gas and found it to be quantized as K ≈ 5/2 (in appropriate dimensionless units). This result is unexpected, as prior numerical work predicts that the ν = 5/2 state should be the Anti-Pfaffian phase of matter, which should have quantized K = 3/2. The purpose of this paper is to propose a possible solution to this conflict: if the Majorana edge mode of the Anti-Pfaffian does not thermally equilibrate with the other edge modes, then K = 5/2 is expected. I briefly discuss a possible reason for this nonequilibration, and what should be examined further to determine if this is the case. |
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