Chern-Simons Dynamics and the Quantum Hall Effect

1991/11/04 by A. P. Balachandran, Ajit M. Srivastava, Balachandran, A. P. +2 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Surface and Thin Film Phenomena #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/9111006

34 pages

arxiv created 1991/11/04 · openalex publication_date 1991/11/04 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Theoretical developments during the past several years have shown that large scale properties of the Quantum Hall system can be successfully described by effective field theories which use the Chern-Simons interaction. In this article, we first recall certain salient features of the Quantum Hall Effect and their microscopic explanation. We then review one particular approach to their description based on the Chern-Simons Lagrangian and its variants.

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