Richard Fern

Research

I worked in Steve Simon's group on topological phases of matter. I was particularly interested in the quantum Hall effect, focusing on the description of the edge states in various regimes and the close links between various quantum Hall systems and corresponding conformal field theories.

Preprints and Publications

Effective Edge State Dynamics in the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect
Richard Fern, Roberto Bondesan, Steven H. Simon
arXiv

On the Structure of Edge State Inner Products in the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect
Richard Fern, Roberto Bondesan, Steven H. Simon
PRB  arXiv

How SU(2)₄ Anyons are Z₃ Parafermions
Richard Fern, Johannes Kombe, Steven H. Simon
SciPost  arXiv

Quantum Hall Edges with Hard Confinement: Exact Solution beyond Luttinger Liquid
Richard Fern, Steven H. Simon
PRB  arXiv