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A holographic quantum Hall model at integer filling

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We construct a holographic model of a system of strongly-coupled fermions in 2 + 1 dimensions based on a D8-brane probe in the background of D2-branes. The Minkowski embeddings of the D8-brane represent gapped quantum Hall states with filling fraction one. By computing the conductivity and phase structure, we find results qualitatively similar to the experimental observations and also to the recent D3-D7’ model.

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  1. Department of Physics, Technion, Haifa, 32000, Israel

    Niko Jokela

  2. Department of Mathematics and Physics, University of Haifa at Oranim, Tivon, 36006, Israel

    Niko Jokela

  3. Crete Center for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, University of Crete, 71003, Heraklion, Greece

    Matti Järvinen & Matthew Lippert

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Jokela, N., Järvinen, M. & Lippert, M. A holographic quantum Hall model at integer filling. J. High Energ. Phys. 2011, 101 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2011)101

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