Emergence and mechanism in the fractional quantum Hall effect

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2016.09.002zbMath1349.81207OpenAlexW2546845646MaRDI QIDQ341588

Jonathan Bain

Publication date: 16 November 2016

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2016.09.002

zbMATH Keywords

quantum Hall effectcondensed matter physicsmechanismemergence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70) Statistical mechanics of solids (82D20) Physics (00A79) Statistical mechanics of nanostructures and nanoparticles (82D80)

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