Condensed Matter Seminar
Abstract: The fundamental collective degree of freedom of fractional quantum Hall states is identified as a unimodular two-dimensional spatial metric that characterizes the local shape of the correlations of the incompressible fluid. Its quantum fluctuations are controlled by a topologically-quantizedâÂÂguiding-center spinâÂÂ?. Charge fluctuations are proportional to its Gaussian curvature
Location: PCTS Seminar Room
Date/Time: 07/18/11 at 1:30 pm - 07/18/11 at 6:30 pm
Category: Condensed Matter Seminar
Department: Physics