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Nature 389, 119-120 (11 September 1997) | doi:10.1038/38104

A shot in the arm for fractional charge

Charles L. Kane1 & Matthew P. A. Fisher2

The theory of the fractional quantum Hall effect implies the existence of quasiparticles, collective electron states that have fractional charge. New experiments provide a direct measurement of the charge of these strange states.