Topology of the Quantum Hall Effect. The Möbius strip model

2018/02/02 by F. Meseguer, Meseguer, F.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Magnetic properties of thin films #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Quantum chaos and dynamical systems #Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1802.00741

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Abstract

Here we conjecture on a topological model based on the Möbius strip derived from the current distribution at the plateaus of the Quantum Hall Effect (QHE). It can account for the fractional values of the QHE in an easy way.

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