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Scaling and the Integer Quantum Hall Effect

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High Magnetic Fields in Semiconductor Physics II

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Abstract

The scaling description of the localisation of electrons in disordered systems[1], which has been so successful in describing the transport properties of quasi 2-dimensional systems in the absence of a magnetic field, remains controversial when it is applied to the quantum Hall effect[2].

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  1. Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London, SW7 2BZ, UK

    A. MacKinnon

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    Gottfried Landwehr

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MacKinnon, A. (1989). Scaling and the Integer Quantum Hall Effect. In: Landwehr, G. (eds) High Magnetic Fields in Semiconductor Physics II. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 87. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83810-1_2

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