Skyrmions in the Moore-Read state at nu=5/2.

Phys Rev Lett

TCM Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom.

Published: February 2010

We study charged excitations of the non-Abelian Moore-Read liquid at a filling factor nu=5/2, allowing for spin depolarization. Using a combination of numerical studies, and taking account of nonzero well widths, we find that at a sufficiently low Zeeman energy it is energetically favorable for charge e/4 quasiholes to bind into Skyrmions of charge e/2. We show that Skyrmion formation is further promoted by disorder, and argue that this can lead to a depolarized nu=5/2 ground state in realistic experimental situations. We comment on the consequences for the activated transport.

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