A Conformal Field Theory Description of the Paired and Parafermionic States in the Quantum Hall Effect
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We extend the construction of the effective conformal field theory for the Jain hierarchical fillings proposed in Ref. 1 to the description of a quantum Hall fluid at nonstandard fillings . The chiral primary fields are found by using a procedure which induces twisted boundary conditions on the m scalar fields; they appear as composite operators of a charged and neutral component. The neutral modes describe parafermions and contribute to the ground state wave function with a generalized Pfaffian term. Correlators of Ne electrons in the presence of quasi-hole excitations are explicitly given for m=2.
Journal: Modern Physics Letters A