Fractional Statistics and the Quantum Hall Effect

Daniel P. Arovas; J. R. Schrieffer; Frank Wilczek

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.53.722

Abstract

The statistics of quasiparticles entering the quantum Hall effect are deduced from the adiabatic theorem. These excitations are found to obey fractional statistics, a result closely related to their fractional charge.

Keywords

Fractional quantum Hall effectQuasiparticleQuantum Hall effectPhysicsAdiabatic processQuantum mechanicsStatisticsCharge (physics)Quantum statistical mechanicsQuantumQuantum spin Hall effectCondensed matter physicsQuantum electrodynamicsElectronMathematicsSuperconductivity

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University of California, Santa Barbara US

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Year: 1984
Type: article
Volume: 53
Issue: 7
Pages: 722-723
Citations: 1168
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                                    Daniel P. Arovas, 
                                
                                    J. R. Schrieffer, 
                                
                                    Frank Wilczek
                                
                            (1984). 
                            Fractional Statistics and the Quantum Hall Effect. 
                            Physical Review Letters
                            , 53
                            (7)
                            , 722-723.
                            https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.53.722

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DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.53.722

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