The Fractional Quantum Hall Effect
Subtitle: Properties of an Incompressible Quantum Fluid
By: by Tapash Chakraborty, Pekka Pietiläinen
Contributors: Pietiläinen, Pekka
Series: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences -- 85; Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences -- 85.
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9783642971037; 9783642971013
Subjects: Thermodynamics; Surfaces (Physics); Physics
Description: There have been tremendous theoretical and experimental developments in recent years in the field of the fractional quantum Hall effect. The Fractional Quantum Hall Effect presents a general survey of most of the theoretical work and briefly reviews the experimental results on the excitation gap. Researchers, experimentalists and research students with a background in quantum mechanics and statistical physics should find this book useful.
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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Ground State; title: Elementary Excitations; title: Collective Modes: Intra-Landau Level; title: Collective Modes: Inter-Landau Level; title: Further Topics; title: Open Problems and New Directions; title: Appendices; title: References; title: Subject Index.