Quasiparticles in the multicomponent Zhang–Hansson–Kivelson model》.pdf

26 February 2001 Physics Letters A 280 (2001) 233–237 www.elsevier.nl/locate/pla Quasiparticles in the multicomponent Zhang–Hansson–Kivelson model D. Serban Service de Physique Théorique, CE-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France Received 5 December 2000; accepted 25 January 2001 Communicated by J. Flouquet Abstract We study the vortex solutions in a multicomponent Zhang–Hansson–Kivelson model for the fractional quantum Hall effect, at the self-dual point. Vortices with minimal free energy represent Laughlin quasiholes. We find at least two classes of solutions, distinguished by their global invariance, or by the number of conserved charges.  2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction (or, more precisely, to the Laughlin quasiholes, since they correspond to a depletion of the electron den- Studying properties of the quantum Hall systems re- sity). The vortices carry (fractional) electric charge, as quires to know the properties of the elementary excita- well as statistical flux. A pedagogical introduction to tions. There exist several approaches to the question of Chern–Simons theories, as well as to vortex solutions quasiparticles in quantum Hall effect. One has as start- in field theories with Chern–Simons term can be found ing