Boundary conformal field theory and tunneling of edge quasiparticles in non-Abelian topological states

DOI10.1016/j.aop.2009.03.005zbMath1168.81401arXiv0902.0998OpenAlexW1971751105MaRDI QIDQ2271938

Chetan Nayak, Paul Fendley, Matthew P. A. Fisher

Publication date: 5 August 2009

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0902.0998

zbMATH Keywords

conformal field theoryquantum Hall effecttopological statescorrelated electron systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70)

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