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Physical Review Letters

Edge excitations in the fractional-quantum-Hall liquids

D. H. Lee, Xiao-Gang Wen

Published Apr 1, 1991• 57 citations
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Abstract

We present an alternative derivation for the macroscopic theory of edge excitations of the fractional-quantum-Hall liquid. The predictions of the macroscopic theory are compared with numerical results for finite systems.
DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.66.1765

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