Edge excitations in the fractional-quantum-Hall liquids
- 1 April 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 66 (13) , 1765-1768
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.66.1765
Abstract
We present an alternative derivation for the macroscopic theory of edge excitations of the fractional-quantum-Hall liquid. The predictions of the macroscopic theory are compared with numerical results for finite systems.Keywords
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