Hall effect in noncommutative coordinates

Ömer F. Dayi*, Ahmed Jellal

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Abstract

We consider electrons in uniform external magnetic and electric fields which move on a plane whose coordinates are noncommuting. Spectrum and eigenfunctions of the related Hamiltonian are obtained. We derive the electric current whose expectation value gives the Hall effect in terms of an effective magnetic field. We present a receipt to find the action which can be utilized in path integrals for noncommuting coordinates. In terms of this action we calculate the related Aharonov-Bohm phase and show that it also yields the same effective magnetic field. When magnetic field is strong enough this phase becomes independent of magnetic field. Measurement of it may give some hints on spatial noncommutativity. The noncommutativity parameter θ can be tuned such that electrons moving in noncommutative coordinates are interpreted as either leading to the fractional quantum Hall effect or composite fermions in the usual coordinates.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4592-4601
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Mathematical Physics
Volume43
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2002

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