Observation of quasiparticles with one-fifth of an electron's charge

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6733, 1999, Pages 238-241

  Reznikov, M ^a,b   De Picciotto, R ^a,c   Griffiths, T G ^a   Heiblum, M ^a   Umansky, V ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

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ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 0033587168     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/20384     Document Type: Article

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