2000/09/27 by Reinhold Brueckner, Brueckner, Reinhold
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #FOS: Physical sciences #Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Surface and Thin Film Phenomena #cond-mat.mes-hall
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0009416
4 pages
arxiv created 2000/09/27 · openalex publication_date 2000/09/27 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
It is shown that the description of the FQHE as condensation of the electron system into a ground state with fractionally charged excitations is incompatible with experimental observations. The nature of the Hall voltage in fractional plateaux as a chemical potential difference eliminates the condensate as current carrier and the temperature dependence of longitudinal conductance eliminates the excitation picture of charge carriers.