Exclusion statistics: Low-temperature properties, fluctuations, duality, and applications

Chetan Nayak, Frank Wilczek

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Abstract

We derive some physical properties of ideal assemblies of identical particles obeying generalized exclusion statistics. We discuss fluctuations and in this connection point out a fundamental contrast to conventional quantum statistics. We demonstrate a duality relating the distribution of particles at statistics g to the distribution of holes at statistics 1g. We suggest an application to Mott insulators.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2740-2743
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume73
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - 1994
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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