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"Peireles Substitution" and Chern-Simons Quantum Mechanics

Gerald Dunne, Roman Jackiw

hep-tharXiv:hep-th/9204057

Abstract

An elementary derivation is given for the ``Peierles substitution'' used in projecting dynamics in a strong magnetic field onto the lowest Landau level. The projection of wavefunctions and the ordering prescription for the projected Hamiltonian is explained.

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