Density matrix renormalization group study of incompressible fractional quantum Hall states

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作者
Feiguin, A. E. [1 ]
Rezayi, E. [2 ]
Nayak, C. [1 ]
Das Sarma, S. [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Microsoft Stn Q, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[2] Calif State Univ Los Angeles, Dept Phys & Astron, Los Angeles, CA 90032 USA
[3] Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, Condensed Matter Theory Ctr, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
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美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.166803
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We develop the density-matrix renormalization group (DMRG) technique for numerically studying incompressible fractional quantum Hall (FQH) states on the sphere. We calculate accurate estimates for ground-state energies and excitation gaps at FQH filling fractions nu=1/3 and nu=5/2 for systems that are considerably larger than the largest ever studied by exact diagonalization. We establish, by carefully comparing with existing numerical results on smaller systems, that DMRG is a highly effective numerical tool for studying incompressible FQH states.
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