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Fractons and Fractal Statistics

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v9 chao-dyn Condensed Matter Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

Fractons are anyons classified into equivalence classes and they obey a specific fractal statistics. The equivalence classes are labeled by a fractal parameter or Hausdorff dimension hh. We consider this approach in the context of the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect (FQHE) and the concept of duality between such classes, defined by h~=3h\tilde{h}=3-h shows us that the filling factors for which the FQHE were observed just appear into these classes. A connection between equivalence classes hh and the modular group for the quantum phase transitions of the FQHE is also obtained. A β\beta-function is defined for a complex conductivity which embodies the classes hh. The thermodynamics is also considered for a gas of fractons (h,ν)(h,\nu) with a constant density of states and an exact equation of state is obtained at low-temperature and low-density limits. We also prove that the Farey sequences for rational numbers can be expressed in terms of the equivalence classes hh.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9905229,
  title  = {Fractons and Fractal Statistics},
  author = {Wellington da Cruz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9905229},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

25pages, latex, additional references. To appear in International Journal of Modern Physics A (2000)

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