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Anomalous Quantum Hall Effect: An Incompressible Quantum Fluid with Fractionally Charged Excitations

R. B. Laughlin
Phys. Rev. Lett. 50, 1395 – Published 2 May 1983
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Abstract

This Letter presents variational ground-state and excited-state wave functions which describe the condensation of a two-dimensional electron gas into a new state of matter.

  • Received 22 February 1983

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.50.1395

©1983 American Physical Society

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Letters from the Past - A PRL Retrospective

2008 marked PRL’s 50th anniversary. As part of the celebrations a collection of milestone Letters was started. The collection contains Letters that have made long-lived contributions to physics, either by announcing significant discoveries, or by initiating new areas of research.

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R. B. Laughlin

  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, California 94550

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Vol. 50, Iss. 18 — 2 May 1983

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