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Nature Physics 3, 517 - 518 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nphys681

Subject Category: Condensed-matter physics

Fractional quantum Hall effect: A game of five halves

Vladimir J. Goldman1

  1. Vladimir J. Goldman is in the Department of Physics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, 11790-3800, USA.
    e-mail: vladimir.goldman@sunysb.edu


Proof that the delicate 5/2 fractional quantum Hall state survives constriction within a quantum point contact paves the way to realizing an experimental platform for exploring the bizarre world of non-abelian particle statistics.

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