Umklapp scattering at reconstructed quantum Hall edges

We study the low-lying excitations of a quantum Hall sample that has undergone edge reconstruction such that there exist three branches of chiral edge excitations. Among the interaction processes that involve electrons close to the three Fermi points is a new type of Umklapp-scattering process which has not been discussed before. Using bosonization and a refermionization technique, we obtain exact results for electronic correlation functions and discuss the effect Umklapp scattering has on the Luttinger-liquid properties of quantum Hall edges. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.