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It is shown that certain fractionally-charged quasiparticles can be modeled on \(D-\)dimensional lattices in terms of unconventional yet simple Fock algebras of creation and annihilation operators. These unconventional Fock algebras are…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-06-23 Emilio Cobanera

I. Introduction (Preface, Exciton entanglers, Photon entanglers) II. Entanglement basics (Quantum versus classical correlations, Bell inequality, Entanglement measures for pure states, Entanglement measures for mixed states, Particle…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-13 C. W. J. Beenakker

In this talk I present a summary of recent work on tunnel junctions of a fractional quantum Hall fluid and an electron reservoir, a Fermi liquid. I consider first the case of a single point contact. This is a an exactly solvable problem…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Eduardo Fradkin

Entanglement is one of the most fascinating concepts of modern physics. In striking contrast to its abstract, mathematical foundation, its practical side is, however, remarkably underdeveloped. Even for systems of just two orbitals or sites…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-08 Lexin Ding , Zoltan Zimboras , Christian Schilling

We recall the notion of fractional enumeration and immediately focus on the fractional counting of integer partitions, where each partition gets credit equal to the reciprocal of the product of its parts. We raise two intriguing questions…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-11-12 Doron Zeilberger , Noam Zeilberger

A review of fundamentals and physical applications of fractional quantum mechanics has been presented. Fundamentals cover fractional Schr\"odinger equation, quantum Riesz fractional derivative, path integral approach to fractional quantum…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-09-29 Nick Laskin

In order to obtain a local description of the short distance physics of fractionally quantized Hall states for realistic (e.g. Coulomb) interactions, I propose to view the zeros of the ground state wave function, as seen by an individual…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-08-31 Martin Greiter

The composite-fermion approach as formulated in the fermion Chern-Simons theory has been very successful in describing the physics of the lowest Landau level near Landau level filling factor 1/2. Recent work has emphasized the fact that the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Felix von Oppen , Bertrand I. Halperin , Steven H. Simon , Ady Stern

Dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the birth of Alexey N. Gerasimov, one of the initiators of Fractional Calculus in Solid Mechanics. We provide a brief sketch of his life and the scientific contributions of the Soviet mechanician…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2018-08-15 Olga G. Novozhenova

We investigate the general characters of fully entangled fraction for quantum states. The fully entangled fraction of Isotropic states and Werner states are analytically computed.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-06-22 Ming-Jing Zhao , Zong-Guo Li , Shao-Ming Fei , Zhi-Xi Wang

Phenomenological and theoretical aspects of fragmentation for elementary particles (resp. nuclei) are discussed. It is shown that some concepts of classical fragmentation remain relevant in a microscopic framework, exhibiting non-trivial…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Peschanski

Electric and magnetic fields of fractal distribution of charged particles are considered. The fractional integrals are used to describe fractal distribution. The fractional integrals are considered as approximations of integrals on…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Vasily E. Tarasov

Can phase separation be induced by strong electron correlations? We present a theorem that affirmatively answers this question in the Falicov-Kimball model away from half-filling, for any dimension. In the ground state the itinerant…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-07 J. K. Freericks , E. H. Lieb , D. Ueltschi

Despite fermion doubling, a two-dimensional quasi-relativistic spin-1/2 system can still lead to true fractionalization of electrical charge, when a massive ordered phase supports a "half-vortex". Such topological defect is possible when…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-13 Bitan Roy , Igor F. Herbut

We investigate the 1/3 fractional quantum Hall state with one and two quasiparticle excitations. It is shown that the quasiparticle excitations are best described as excited composite fermions occupying higher composite-fermion quasi-Landau…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-31 Gun Sang Jeon , Jainendra K. Jain

We discuss possible patterns of electron fractionalization in strongly interacting electron systems. A popular possibility is one in which the charge of the electron has been liberated from its Fermi statistics. Such a fractionalized phase…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-07-19 Eugene Demler , Chetan Nayak , Hae-Young Kee , Yong Baek Kim , T. Senthil

Oleg D. Jefimenko's electrodynamics textbook is unique in its approaches to deriving the electric and magnetic fields of arbitrary charge and current distributions and of an arbitrarily moving point charge. However, an uncommon form of the…

Classical Physics · Physics 2025-10-07 Shengchao Alfred Li

The origin and quantum status of Fractional Charge in polyacetylne and field theory are reviewed, along with reminiscences of collaboration with John Bell on the subject.

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Rajaraman

Point splitting has been suggested as a way to deal with anomalous commutators in quantum field theory. It has been pointed out by D.G. Boulware[4] that in order to obtain a mathematically consistent theory the Hamiltonian operator must be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-12-02 Dan Solomon

Measuring the expectation value of the molecular electronic Hamiltonian is one of the challenging parts of the variational quantum eigensolver. A widely used strategy is to express the Hamiltonian as a sum of measurable fragments using…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-04 Seonghoon Choi , Ignacio Loaiza , Artur F. Izmaylov