• Accepted Paper

Skyrmion excitations in the ν = -1 quantum Hall state in monolayer graphene

Jincheng An, Ajit C. Balram, and Ganpathy Murthy

Phys. Rev. B - Accepted 3 November, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/th22-7ycv

Abstract

We investigate the skyrmion excited states atop the SU(4) quantum Hall ferromagnetic ground state at filling factor ν=−1 in monolayer graphene. The competition among short-range anisotropic interactions, the Zeeman coupling, and sublattice symmetry-breaking potential gives rise to four distinct spin-valley-ordered ground-state phases. Combining effective field theory with the Hartree–Fock approximation, we develop a variational framework that incorporates both the long-range Coulomb interaction and the symmetry-breaking terms on an equal footing. Variational minimization determines the optimal skyrmion texture, including both its spatial radial profile and internal SU(4) spinor structure.

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