arXiv:cond-mat/9412035

Ideal Anyons

Stéphane Ouvry, Division de Physique Théorique, IPN, Orsay Fr

Published Dec 7, 1994• 0 citations

Abstract

A general introduction to the anyon model (braid group, Chern-Simons Lagrangian and Aharonov-Bohm Hamiltonian formulations) is given. A review follows on exact results and possible ways of getting additional information, as mean field approach, perturbation theory, and projection on the lowest Landau level of an external magnetic field. To be published in Mesoscopic Quantum Physics - Les Houches, Session LXI, 1994 - E. Akkermans, G. Montambaux and J.-L. Pichard, eds. - North- Holland, Amsterdam.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/9412035

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