A field theory for the fractional quantum Hall effect
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description: In this thesis we derive a field theory approach to the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect (FQHE). The goal is to develop a field theory for a system of interacting electrons moving in a plane in the presence of an external magnetic field, in the hope that the FQHE states will appear naturally as the semiclassical states of the theory. In this framework, the FQHE states are understood as infrared stable fixed points, and the long distance, low energy properties of the system should be described exactly by this theory.
abstract: In this thesis we derive a field theory approach to the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect (FQHE). The goal is to develop a field theory for a system of interacting electrons moving in a plane in the presence of an external magnetic field, in the hope that the FQHE states will appear naturally as the semiclassical states of the theory. In this framework, the FQHE states are understood as infrared stable fixed points, and the long distance, low energy properties of the system should be described exactly by this theory.
author: Lopez, Ana Maria
language: eng
keywords: Physics, Condensed Matter
date published: 2011-05-07T12:21:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:25:14Z
provider: University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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value: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/19861