Fractional-quantum-Hall edge electrons and Fermi statistics
Fractional-quantum-Hall edge electrons and Fermi statistics
We address the quantum statistics of electrons created in the low-energy edge-state Hilbert space sector of incompressible fractional-quantum-Hall states, considering the possibility that they may not satisfy Fermi statistics. We argue that this property is not a priori obvious, and present numerical evidence based on finite-size exact-diagonalization calculations that it …