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arXiv:0802.3231 · Journal of High Energy Physics

Topological entanglement entropy in Chern-Simons theories and quantum Hall fluids

Shiying Dong, Eduardo Fradkin, Robert G Leigh, Sean Nowling

Published May 7, 2008• 218 citations
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10.1088/1126-6708/2008/05/016

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