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.

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Composite fermion canonical 1
Composite fermion theory 1

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