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Second-quantization picture of the edge currents in the fractional quantum Hall effect

Nevena Ilieva, Walter Thirring

math-pharXiv:math-ph/0010038

Abstract

We study the quantum theory of two-dimensional electrons in a magnetic field and an electric field generated by a homogeneous background. The dynamics separates into a microscopic and macroscopic mode. The latter is a circular Hall current which is described by a chiral quantum field theory. It is shown how in this second quantized picture a Laughlin-type wave function emerges.

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