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Formal derivation of the Laughlin function and its generalization for other topological phases of FQHE
1Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wyb. Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370, Wrocław, Poland. janusz.jacak@pwr.edu.pl.
Abstract:
Using the braid symmetry we demonstrate the derivation of the Laughlin function for the main hierarchy 1/q of FQHE in the lowest Landau level of two-dimensional electron system with a mathematical rigour. This proves that the derivation of Laughlin function unavoidably requires some topological elements and cannot be completed within a local quantum mechanics, i.e., without global topological constraints imposed. The method shows the way for the generalization of this function onto other fractions from the general quantum Hall hierarchy. A generalization of the Laughlin function is here formulated.
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