Viscosity of Quantum Hall Fluids

J. E. Avron, R. Seiler, and P. G. Zograf
Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 697 – Published 24 July 1995
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Abstract

The viscosity of quantum fluids with an energy gap at zero temperature is related to the adiabatic curvature on the space parametrizing flat background metrics. For quantum Hall fluids on two-dimensional tori, the quantum viscosity is computed. It turns out to be isotropic, constant, and proportional to the magnetic field strength.

  • Received 26 January 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.697

©1995 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

J. E. Avron

  • Department of Physics, Technion, 32000 Haifa, Israel

R. Seiler and P. G. Zograf

  • Fachbereich Mathematik, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany

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Vol. 75, Iss. 4 — 24 July 1995

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