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SOME BASIC ASPECTS OF FRACTIONAL QUANTUM NUMBERS

    https://doi.org/10.1142/9789812777041_0017Cited by:2 (Source: Crossref)
    Abstract:

    The following sections are included:

    • The Secret of Fractional Charge

    • Polyacetylene and the Schrieffer Counting Argument

    • Field Theory Models of Fractional Charge

      • Zero Modes

      • Vacuum Polarization and Induced Currents

    • Varieties of Charge

      • Bookkeeping Charges

      • Topological Charges

      • Space-Time and Identity Charges

    • Fractional Quantum Numbers with Abstract Vortices

    • Fractional Quantum Numbers in the Quantum Hall Effect

    • Acknowledgments

    • References