The power of chemistry to prepare new molecules and materials has driven the quest for
new approaches to solve problems having global societal impact, such as in renewable …

Two-dimensional electron systems in a high magnetic field behave very strangely. They
exhibit rational fractional quantum numbers and contain exactly fractionally charged …

It is shown that 2+ 1 dimensional quantum Yang-Mills theory, with an action consisting
purely of the Chern-Simons term, is exactly soluble and gives a natural framework for …

In the standard hierarchical scheme the daughter state at each step results from the
fractional quantum Hall effect of the quasiparticles of the parent state. In this paper a new …

Presenting the physics of the most challenging problems in condensed matter using the
conceptual framework of quantum field theory, this book is of great interest to physicists in …

Aimed at graduate physics and chemistry students, this is the first comprehensive
monograph covering the concept of the geometric phase in quantum physics from its …

A two-dimensional electron system in an external magnetic field, with Landau-level filling
factor ν= 1/2, can be transformed to a mathematically equivalent system of fermions …

Mesoscopic physics refers to the physics of structures larger than a nanometer (one billionth
of a meter) but smaller than a micrometer (one millionth of a meter). This size range is the …

It is shown that several different order parameters can be used to characterize a type of P-
and T-violating state for spin systems, that we call chiral-spin states. There is a closely …

This book was first published in 2007. When electrons are confined to two dimensions,
cooled to near absolute zero temperature, and subjected to a strong magnetic field, they …