Dynamics of Giant-Gravitons in the LLM geometry and the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect

TL;DR

This paper explores how fractional quantum Hall states can emerge from giant graviton dynamics in LLM geometries, revealing a connection between string theory objects and condensed matter phenomena through a Chern-Simons matrix model.

Contribution

It introduces a Chern-Simons finite-matrix model for giant graviton dynamics, demonstrating the emergence of fractional quantum Hall states in string theory.

Findings

Giant gravitons can condense into fractional quantum Hall fluids.

The low-energy theory of giant gravitons is described by a Chern-Simons matrix model.

New states in IIB string theory are identified as fractional quantum Hall states.

Abstract

The LLM's 1/2 BPS solutions of IIB supergravity are known to be closely related to the integer quantum Hall droplets with filling factor $\nu=1$, and the giant gravitons in the LLM geometry behave like the quasi-holes in those droplets. In this paper we consider how the fractional quantum Hall effect may arise in this context, by studying the dynamics of giant graviton probes in a special LLM geometry, the AdS_5 X S^5 background, that corresponds to a circular droplet. The giant gravitons we study are D3-branes wrapping on a 3-sphere in S^5. Their low energy world-volume theory, truncated to the 1/2 BPS sector, is shown to be described by a Chern-Simons finite-matrix model. We demonstrate that these giant gravitons may condense at right density further into fractional quantum Hall fluid due to the repulsive interaction in the model, giving rise to the new states in IIB string theory. Some features of the novel physics of these new states are discussed.