Jack polynomial fractional quantum Hall states and their generalizations

Abstract: In the the study of fractional quantum Hall states, a certain clustering condition involving up to four integers has been identified. We give a simple proof that particular Jack polynomials with $\alpha = - (r-1)/(k+1)$, $(r-1)$ and $(k+1)$ relatively prime, and with partition given in terms of its frequencies by $[n_00^{(r-1)s}k 0 ^{r-1}k 0 ^{r-1}k \cdots 0 ^{r-1} m]$ satisfy this clustering condition. Our proof makes essential use of the fact that these Jack polynomials are translationally invariant. We also consider nonsymmetric Jack polynomials, symmetric and nonsymmetric generalized Hermite and Laguerre polynomials, and Macdonald polynomials from the viewpoint of the clustering.