Statistical distribution for generalized ideal gas of fractional-statistics particles

Journal Article · Mon Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 1994 · Physical Review Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.922· OSTI ID:7073657

Wu, Y ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 (United States)

We derive the occupation-number distribution in a generalized ideal gas of particles obeying fractional statistics, including mutual statistics, by adopting a state-counting definition. When there is no mutual statistics, the statistical distribution interpolates between bosons and fermions, and respects a fractional exclusion principle (except for bosons). Anyons in a strong magnetic field at low temperatures constitute such a physical system. Applications to the thermodynamic properties of quasiparticle excitations in the Laughlin quantum Hall fluid are discussed.

• OSTI ID: 7073657
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (United States), Vol. 73:7; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
OCCUPATION NUMBER
DISTRIBUTION
STATISTICAL MECHANICS
BOSONS
FERMIONS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
PAULI PRINCIPLE
QUASI PARTICLES
SINGLE-PARTICLE MODEL
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MECHANICS
PARTICLE MODELS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
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