Physical principles underlying the quantum Hall effect

被引:19
作者
Bieri, Samuel [1 ]
Froehlich, Juerg [1 ]
机构
[1] ETH, Inst Theoret Phys, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
基金
瑞士国家科学基金会;
关键词
Quantum Hall effect; Low-energy effective theory; Chern-Simons action; Chiral anomaly; FRACTIONAL CHARGE; QUASI-PARTICLE; STATES; CLASSIFICATION; SYSTEMS; FLUID; UNIVERSALITY; QUANTIZATION; EXCITATIONS; COMPUTATION;
D O I
10.1016/j.crhy.2011.02.001
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
In this contribution, we present an introduction to the physical principles underlying the quantum Hall effect. The field theoretic approach to the integral and fractional effect is sketched, with some emphasis on the mechanism of electromagnetic gauge anomaly cancellation by chiral degrees of freedom located on the edge of the sample. Applications of this formalism to the design and theoretical interpretation of interference experiments are outlined. (C) 2011 Academie des sciences. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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页码:332 / 346
页数:15
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