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Edge modes in the fractional quantum Hall effect without extra edge fermions

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2013-04-17 v7 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We show that the Chern-Simons-Landau-Ginsburg theory that describes the quantum Hall effect on a bounded sample is anomaly free and thus does not require the addition of extra chiral fermions on the boundary to restore local gauge invariance.

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@article{arxiv.0910.3661,
  title  = {Edge modes in the fractional quantum Hall effect without extra edge fermions},
  author = {Gabriel Di Lemos Santiago Lima and Sebastiao Alves Dias},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.3661},
  year   = {2013}
}

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