Published July 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

The Topological Structure of the SU(2) Chern–Simons Topological Current in the Four-Dimensional Quantum Hall Effect

  • 1. Department of Applied Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054 (China)
  • 2. Institute of Theoretical Physics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000 (China)

Description

In the light of the decomposition of the SU(2) gauge potential for I = 1/2, we obtain the SU(2) Chern-Simons current over S4, i.e. the vortex current in the effective field for the four-dimensional quantum Hall effect. Similar to the vortex excitations in the two-dimensional quantum Hall effect (2D FQH) which are generated from the zero points of the complex scalar field, in the 4D FQH, we show that the SU(2) Chern–Simons vortices are generated from the zero points of the two-component wave functions Ψ, and their topological charges are quantized in terms of the Hopf indices and Brouwer degrees of φ-mapping under the condition that the zero points of field Ψ are regular points. (condensed matter: electronicstructure, electrical, magnetic, and opticalproperties)

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Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0256-307X/27/7/077301

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Chinese Physics Letters
Journal Volume
27
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
[4 p.]
ISSN
0256-307X
CODEN
CPLEEU