Quantum Hall Effects: Field Theoretical Approach and Related Topics

By Zyun Francis Ezawa

Tremendous theoretical and experimental developments have recently been made in the sphere of the quantum Hall effect. Among them a field-theoretical approach has presented a fascinating unified physical picture. A most significant feature of the quantum Hall system is that exotic phenomena associated with statistics transmutation are realized. For instance, an electron may undergo Bose condensation by making a charge-flux composite, and fractionally charged excitations (anyons) emerge as quasiparticles. A pedagogical and self-contained discussion on monolayer and bilayer quantum Hall systems is given in a field-theoretical framework, together with an introduction to quantum field theory, anyon physics and Chern-Simons gauge theory. Only knowledge of quantum mechanics is assumed.This invaluable book will be of great interest to students and researchers in condensed-matter, theoretical, particle and mathematical physics.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9810234309
• ISBN13: 9789810234300
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 532 Pages
• Weight: 2.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 10.2"