Holographic fractional topological insulators

Carlos Hoyos, Kristan Jensen, and Andreas Karch
Phys. Rev. D 82, 086001 – Published 1 October 2010

Abstract

We give a holographic realization of the recently proposed low-energy effective action describing a fractional topological insulator. In particular we verify that the surface of this hypothetical material supports a fractional quantum Hall current corresponding to half that of a Laughlin state.

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  • Received 26 July 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.82.086001

© 2010 The American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Carlos Hoyos, Kristan Jensen, and Andreas Karch

  • Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1560, USA

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Vol. 82, Iss. 8 — 15 October 2010

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