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1/2-Anyons in small atomic Bose-Einstein condensates

B. Paredes, P. Fedichev, J. I. Cirac, P. Zoller

cond-mat.mes-hallarXiv:cond-mat/0103251

Abstract

We discuss a way of creating, manipulating and detecting anyons in rotating Bose-Einstein condensates consisting of a small number of atoms . By achieving a quasidegeneracy in the atomic motional states we drive the system into a 1/2--Laughlin state for fractional quantum Hall bosons. Localized 1/2--quasiholes can be created by focusing lasers at the desired positions. We show how to manipulate these quasiholes in order to probe directly their 1/2--statistics.

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