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Contrasting behavior of the 5/2 and 7/3 fractional quantum Hall effect in a tilted field
Abstract:
Using a tilted-field geometry, the effect of an in-plane magnetic field on the even denominator nu=5/2 fractional quantum Hall state is studied. The energy gap of the nu=5/2 state is found to collapse linearly with the in-plane magnetic field above approximately 0.5 T. In contrast, a strong enhancement of the gap is observed for the nu=7/3 state. The radically distinct tilted-field behavior between the two states is discussed in terms of Zeeman and magneto-orbital coupling within the context of the proposed Moore-Read Pfaffian wave function for the 5/2 fractional quantum Hall effect.
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