Universal equilibrium currents in the quantum Hall fluid
Abstract
The equilibrium current distribution in a quantum Hall fluid that is subjected to a slowly varying confining potential is shown to generally consist of strips or channels of current, which alternate in direction, and which have universal integrated strengths. A measurement of these currents would yield direct independent measurements of the proper quasiparticle and quasihole energies in the fractional quantum Hall states.
Citation
Phys. Rev. B 52, 14137-14143 (1995)