Special Condensed Matter Seminar

Smitha Vishveshwara
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Note different date and place
1:00 pm in 107 Mason Lab

Fractional Statistics in Quantum Hall Systems

Abstract: One of the most fascinating aspects of the two dimensional world is the possible existence of anyons, particles which obey 'fractional' statistics different from fermionic and bosonic statistics. The quantum Hall system is predicted to host such entities. In this talk, following an introduction to fractional particles in quantum Hall systems, proposals will be put forth for detecting signatures of fractional statistics. The proposals include ideas akin to phenomena studied by Hanbury Brown and Twiss in the lates 1950s and study of two particle properties such as those manifest in scattering cross sections.