Hausdorff dimension, anyonic distribution functions, and duality

TL;DR

This paper explores the distribution functions of anyonic excitations in the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect, introducing a duality based on Hausdorff dimension and linking it to conformal invariance and quantum phase transitions.

Contribution

It introduces a novel classification of anyonic systems using Hausdorff dimension and establishes a duality between classes, connecting these to FQHE phenomena and conformal invariance.

Findings

Distribution functions for anyonic excitations classified by Hausdorff dimension.

Identification of a duality between classes h and 3-h.

Connection between classes and the modular group in quantum phase transitions.

Abstract

We obtain the distribution functions for anyonic excitations classified into equivalence classes labeled by Hausdorff dimension $h$ and as an example of such anyonic systems, we consider the collective excitations of the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect (FQHE). We also introduce the concept of duality between such classes, defined by $\tilde{h}=3-h$. In this way, we confirm that the filling factors for which the FQHE were observed just appears into these classes and the internal duality for a given class $h$ or $\tilde{h}$ is between quasihole and quasiparticle excitations for these FQHE systems. Exchanges of dual pairs $(\nu,\tilde{\nu})$, suggests conformal invariance. A connection between equivalence classes $h$ and the modular group for the quantum phase transitions of the FQHE is also obtained. A $\beta-$function is also defined for the complex conductivity which embodies the $h$ classes.