S. Dassarma et al., DOUBLE-LAYER QUANTUM-HALL ANTIFERROMAGNETISM AT FILLING FRACTION V=2 M WHERE M IS AN ODD INTEGER/, Physical review letters, 79(5), 1997, pp. 917-920
A low energy action for double-layer quantum Hall systems at filling f
ractions v = 2/m (where m is an odd integer) is introduced. Interlayer
antiferromagnetic exchange induces a phase with canted spin order, as
well as a spin-singlet phase. Universal properties of zero and finite
temperature transitions are obtained. We compute the critical tempera
ture at which the canted order vanishes in a Kosterlitz-Thouless trans
ition. Implications for recent light scattering experiments at v = 2 a
re noted.