Tales of the Quantum Hall Regime
Shivaji Sondhi
Princeton University
Since the disovery of the quantum Hall effect in 1980, the behavior of
two dimensional electrons in high magnetic fields has been a topic of
intense interest on the part of condensed matter physicists. I will
review our basic understanding of the quantum Hall effect and then
focus on three more recent developments: the notion of flux attachment
and objects called composite bosons and fermions, the unusual behavior
of electrons near the edges of a quantum Hall system, and evidence for
the existence of "skyrmions" in such systems.
Further Discussion of Prof. Sondhi's research.