Possibility of an adiabatic transition between v=1 and v=1/3 quantum Hall states in a narrow wire

Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures

Volumn 1, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 75-79

  Chklovskii, Dmitri B ^a,b   Halperin, Bertrand I ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite fermions; Edges states; QHE

Indexed keywords

HALL EFFECT; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POINT CONTACTS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

ADIABATIC TRANSITIONS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0347487082     PISSN: 13869477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1386-9477(97)00016-7     Document Type: Article

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