Anomalous Hall Resistance in Bilayer Quantum Hall Systems

TL;DR

This paper develops a microscopic theory using noncommutative geometry to explain anomalous Hall resistance behaviors observed in bilayer quantum Hall systems, emphasizing the role of phase coherence and current arrangements.

Contribution

It introduces a theoretical framework based on noncommutative geometry to describe the phase current and anomalous Hall effects in bilayer quantum Hall systems.

Findings

Explains anomalous Hall resistance in experiments by Kellogg et al.

Describes the emergence of phase current due to spontaneous interlayer coherence.

Provides a microscopic basis for observed counterflow and drag phenomena.

Abstract

We present a microscopic theory of the Hall current in the bilayer quantum Hall system on the basis of noncommutative geometry. By analyzing the Heisenberg equation of motion and the continuity equation of charge, we demonstrate the emergence of the phase current in a system where the interlayer phase coherence develops spontaneously. The phase current arranges itself to minimize the total energy of the system, as induces certain anomalous behaviors in the Hall current in the counterflow geometry and also in the drag experiment. They explain the recent experimental data for anomalous Hall resistances due to Kellogg et al. [M. Kellogg, I.B. Spielman, J.P. Eisenstein, L.N. Pfeiffer and K.W. West, Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{88} (2002) 126804; M. Kellogg, J.P. Eisenstein, L.N. Pfeiffer and K.W. West, Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{93} (2004) 036801] and Tutuc et al. [E. Tutuc, M. Shayegan and D.A. Huse, Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{93} (2004) 036802] at $\nu =1$.