Fractional quantum Hall effect and nonabelian statistics
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v2
Abstract
It is argued that fractional quantum Hall effect wavefunctions can be interpreted as conformal blocks of two-dimensional conformal field theory. Fractional statistics can be extended to nonabelian statistics and examples can be constructed from conformal field theory. The Pfaffian state is related to the 2D Ising model and possesses fractionally charged excitations which are predicted to obey nonabelian statistics.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9202001,
title = {Fractional quantum Hall effect and nonabelian statistics},
author = {N. Read and G. Moore},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9202001},
year = {2008}
}
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17 pages