| Issue |
EPL
Volume 94, Number 3, May 2011
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 37005 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure, Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/94/37005 | |
| Published online | 27 April 2011 | |
Edge modes in the fractional quantum Hall effect without extra edge fermions
Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas - Rua Dr. Xavier Sigaud, 150, 22290-180, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Received:
8
January
2011
Accepted:
24
March
2011
We show that the Chern-Simons-Landau-Ginsburg theory that describes the quantum Hall effect on a bounded sample is anomaly free and thus does not require the addition of extra chiral fermions on the boundary to restore local gauge invariance.
PACS: 73.43.Cd – Theory and modeling / 11.15.-q – Gauge field theories / 11.30.-j – Symmetry and conservation laws
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