Parton wave function for the fractional quantum Hall effect at ν = 6/17

We consider the fractional quantum Hall effect at the filling nu = 6/17, where experiments have observed features of incompressibility in the form of a minimum in the longitudinal resistance. We propose a parton state denoted as "3 (2) over bar1(3)" and show it to be a feasible candidate to capture the ground state at nu = 6/17. We work out the low-energy effective theory of the 3 (2) over bar1(3) edge and make several predictions for experimentally measurable properties of the state which can help detect its underlying topological order. Intriguingly, we find that the 3 (2) over bar1(3) state likely lies in the same universality class as the state obtained from composite-fermionizing the 1 + 1/5 Laughlin state.