Toward a new theory of the fractional quantum Hall effect: The many-body spectra and energy gaps at $\nu <1$

Abstract

In a recent paper (arXiv:2206.05152v4), using the exact diagonalization technique, I calculated the energy and other physical properties (electron density, pair correlation function) of a system of $N\le 7$ two-dimensional electrons at the Landau level filling factor $\nu =1/3$, and showed that the variational many-body wave function proposed for this filling factor by Laughlin is far from the true ground state. In this paper I continue to study exact properties of a small ($N\le 7$) system of two-dimensional electrons lying on the lowest Landau level. I analyze the energies and electron densities of the systems with $N\le 7$ electrons continuously as a function of the magnetic field in the range $1/4\lesssim \nu <1$. The physical mechanisms of the appearance of energy gaps in many-particle electron spectra are elucidated. The results obtained clarify the true nature of the ground and excited states of the considered systems.

22 pages, 15 figures, 10 tables. Part II of the theory of the fractional quantum Hall effect; for the first part see arXiv:2206.05152v4

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• Monte Carlo simulation method for Laughlin-like states in a disk geometry