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arXiv:cond-mat/9307057

A comparison of FQHE quasi-electron trial wave functions on the disk

Marcus Kasner, W. Apel

Published Jul 28, 1993• 0 citations
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Abstract

The various proposals for FQHE quasi-electron trial wave functions are reconsidered. In a short-range model for the electronic interaction, the energy expectation values of four different trial wave functions are calculated at filling factor $\frac{1}{3}$ for up to ten electrons in the disk geometry. Jain's trial wave function displays the lowest energy expectation value.

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/9307057

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