Fractional Statistics and the Quantum Hall Effect

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

Physical Review Letters · 1984 · 1.2K citations · 8 references

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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.

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