EXPERIMENTAL-EVIDENCE FOR NEW PARTICLES IN THE FRACTIONAL QUANTUM HALL-EFFECT

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DU, RR [1 ]
STORMER, HL [1 ]
TSUI, DC [1 ]
PFEIFFER, LN [1 ]
WEST, KW [1 ]
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[1] AT&T BELL LABS,MURRAY HILL,NJ 07974
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.2944
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O4 [物理学];
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We have determined the energy gaps of both prominent sequences of fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE) states at filling factor nu=p/(2p +/- 1) around nu=1/2. The gaps increase linearly with DELTAB, the deviation of the magnetic field from half filling. Therefore, the data are indistinguishable from Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations of particles of charge e, effective mass m*, and lifetime broadening GAMMA exposed to an effective magnetic field DELTAB. Our findings are remarkably consistent with recent proposals of composite particles in the FQHE and the existence of a Fermi surface at even-denominator fillings.
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