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Link between the hierarchy of fractional quantum Hall states and
Haldane’s conjecture for quantum spin chains
Masaaki Nakamura
Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
We study a strong coupling expansion of the ν = 1/3 fractional quantum Hall state away
from the Tao-Thouless limit and show that the leading quantum fluctuations lead to an
effective spin-1 Hamiltonian that lacks parity symmetry. By analyzing the energetics and
discrete symmetries of low-lying excitations, we demonstrate that the ν = 1/3 fractional
quantum Hall state is adiabatically connected to both Haldane and large-D phases. This
result indicates a close relation between the Haldane conjecture for spin chains and the
fractional quantum Hall effect.
[1] M. Nakamura, E. J. Bergholtz, J. Suorsa, arXiv:0910.3662