"Peireles Substitution" and Chern-Simons Quantum Mechanics
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-22 v1
Abstract
An elementary derivation is given for the ``Peierles substitution'' used in projecting dynamics in a strong magnetic field onto the lowest Landau level. The projection of wavefunctions and the ordering prescription for the projected Hamiltonian is explained.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9204057,
title = {"Peireles Substitution" and Chern-Simons Quantum Mechanics},
author = {Gerald Dunne and Roman Jackiw},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9204057},
year = {2009}
}