Composite fermion

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A composite fermion is a quasiparticle formed by an electron bound to an even number of magnetic flux quanta, playing a key role in explaining the fractional quantum Hall effect.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Composite fermion canonical 1
Composite fermion theory 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Emergent particle ⓘ
Quasiparticle ⓘ
associatedWith Chern–Simons gauge field ⓘ
Flux attachment transformation ⓘ
composedOf Electron ⓘ
Even number of magnetic flux quanta ⓘ
effectiveDescriptionOf Strongly correlated electrons in high magnetic fields ⓘ
emergesAt Landau level filling factor ν = 1/2 ⓘ
Other even-denominator effective fields ⓘ
emergesIn Fractional quantum Hall regime ⓘ
linked to: quantum Hall effect
explains Odd-denominator filling fractions ⓘ
Sequence of fractional quantum Hall plateaus ⓘ
formedIn Strong perpendicular magnetic field ⓘ
Two-dimensional electron gas ⓘ
hasEffectiveFillingFactor p (integer) ⓘ
hasElectricCharge Electron charge ⓘ
hasFillingFactorMapping ν = p/(2p±1) ⓘ
hasProperty Can form Fermi sea at half-filled Landau level ⓘ
Can form compressible metallic-like states ⓘ
Can form incompressible quantum liquids ⓘ
Charge transport carrier in fractional quantum Hall states ⓘ
Effective mass different from bare electron mass ⓘ
Electron bound to even number of flux quanta ⓘ
Emergent from electron–electron interactions ⓘ
Emergent gauge field coupling ⓘ
Forms Landau-like levels (Λ levels) ⓘ
Maps fractional quantum Hall states to integer quantum Hall states of composite fermions ⓘ
Quasiparticle lifetime determined by interactions and disorder ⓘ
Quasiparticle of topological origin ⓘ
hasSpin Half-integer spin ⓘ
hasTheoreticalTool Flux-smearing approximation ⓘ
Mean-field Chern–Simons theory ⓘ
introducedBy Jainendra K. Jain ⓘ
introducedInYear 1989 ⓘ
movesIn Reduced effective magnetic field ⓘ
obeysStatistics Fermi–Dirac statistics ⓘ
observedIn GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells ⓘ
High-mobility semiconductor heterostructures ⓘ
playsRoleIn Fractional quantum Hall effect ⓘ
linked to: quantum Hall effect
relatedConcept Anyons ⓘ
Landau level ⓘ
linked to: Landau levels

Laughlin quasiparticle ⓘ
Quantum Hall ferromagnetism ⓘ
relatedTheory Composite fermion theory ⓘ
linked to: Composite fermion
studiedIn Condensed matter physics ⓘ
Quantum Hall systems ⓘ
linked to: quantum Hall effect

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fermion → isClassifiedAs → Composite fermion ⓘ
Composite fermion → relatedTheory → Composite fermion theory ⓘ
linked to: Composite fermion