Anyons : quantum mechanics of particles with fractional statistics /
Particles with fractional statistics interpolating between bosons and fermions have attracted considerable interest from mathematical physicists. In recent years it has emerged that these so-called anyons have rather unexpected applications, such as the fractional Hall effect, anyonic excitations in...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer-Verlag,
[1992]
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| Series: | Lecture notes in physics. Monographs ;
m14. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Particles with fractional statistics interpolating between bosons and fermions have attracted considerable interest from mathematical physicists. In recent years it has emerged that these so-called anyons have rather unexpected applications, such as the fractional Hall effect, anyonic excitations in films of liquid helium, and high-temrperature superconductivity. Furthermore, they are discussed also in the context of conformal field theories. This book is a systematic and pedagogical introduction that considers the subject of anyons from many different points of view. In particular, the author presents the relation of anyons to braid groups and Chern-Simons field theory and devotes three chapters to physical applications. The book, while being of interest to researchers, primarily addresses advanced students of mathematics and physics. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 138 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-138). |
| ISBN: | 9783540474661 (electronic bk.) 3540474668 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 0940-7677 ; |