A topological look at the quantum hall effect

Physics Today

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 38-42

  Avron, Joseph E ^a   Osadchy, Daniel ^a   Seiler, Ruedi ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON GAS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; QUANTUM THEORY; TOPOLOGY;

QUANTUM HALL EFFECT;

HALL EFFECT;

EID: 0041969649     PISSN: 00319228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1611351     Document Type: Review

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