Sub-Landau levels in two-dimensional electron system in magnetic field

TL;DR

This paper reveals the organization of two-electron states into sub-Landau levels based on relative angular momentum, providing insights into correlated phases in quantum Hall systems.

Contribution

It introduces the concept of sub-Landau levels characterized by relative angular momentum and connects two-electron solutions to many-electron correlated states.

Findings

Identification of sub-Landau levels with specific angular momentum quantum numbers.

Construction of many-electron trial wavefunctions based on correlated electron pairs.

Demonstration of the role of electron correlation and spin in stabilizing electron-pair states.

Abstract

We study two interacting electrons in a two-dimensional system under a strong magnetic field and show that their numerically exact solutions organize into a set of {\em sub-Landau levels} characterized by relative angular momentum quantum number $m$. These sub-levels define correlation-resolved subspaces of the Landau-level Hilbert space, while retaining the full degeneracy associated with center-of-mass motion. Within this structure, the accessible states in each correlation channel are effectively reduced, leading to a natural organization of guiding-center states consistent with a fractional occupancy. We further analyze the role of electron correlation, Zeeman splitting, and disorder in stabilizing spin-polarized electron-pair states. Building on the two-electron states, we construct a class of many-electron trial wavefunctions based on correlated electron pairs with fixed $m$, which encode short-range correlations through the vanishing of the pair wavefunction at small separation. Our results establish a direct connection between exact two-body physics and the organization of correlated many-electron states in the lowest Landau level, providing a microscopic perspective on how relative angular momentum structures can underpin the emergence of correlated phases in quantum Hall systems.