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Physics Nobel spotlights quantum effect

Daniel C. Tsui, Horst L. Störmer, and Robert B. Laughlin won the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery and explanation of the fractional quantum Hall effect.

 

References:

The announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physics can be found at http://www.nobel.se/announcement-98/physics98.html.

 

Further Readings:

Anderson, P.W. 1997. When the electron falls apart. Physics Today (October):42.

Collins, G.P. 1997. Fractionally charged quasiparticles signal their presence with noise. Physics Today (November):17.

Daviss, B. 1998. Splitting the electron. New Scientist (Jan. 31):36.

Eisenstein, J.P., and H.L. Störmer. 1990. The fractional quantum Hall effect. Science 248(June 22):1510.

Kivelson, S., D.-H. Lee, and S.-C. Zhang. 1996. Electrons in Flatland. Scientific American (March):86.

Peterson, I. 1996. Superfluidity finding earns physics Nobel. Science News 150(Oct. 19):247.

Thomsen, D.E. 1984. Fractional Hall effect by electrons in chorus. Science News 126(Aug. 25):116.

______. 1983. 'Hall effect' research reaches new plateaus. Science News 123(June 25):405.

______. 1982. Fine structure finely measured. Science News 121(Jan. 16):39.

Vergano, D. 1997. Brewing a quantum computer in a coffee cup. Science News 151(Jan. 18):37.

 

Sources:

Robert B. Laughlin
Department of Physics
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-4060
Web site: http://www-leland.stanford.edu/dept/physics/Faculty/laughlin.robert.shtml

Horst L. Störmer
Department of Physics
Columbia University
New York, NY 10027

Daniel C. Tsui
Department of Electrical Engineering
Princeton University
P.O. Box 5263
Princeton, NJ 08544
Web site: http://www.ee.princeton.edu/bios/tsuibio.html

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 16, October 17, 1998, p. 247.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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