Quantum Hall quasielectron operators in conformal field theory

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 16, 2009, Pages

  Hansson, T H ^a   Hermanns, M ^a   Viefers, S ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 72849150413     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.165330     Document Type: Article

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