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edge excitation

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: edge excitation
(′ej ′ek·sī′tā·shən)

(cryogenics) An excitation of a droplet of incompressible quantum Hall liquid in which a surface wave propagates along the edge of the droplet in the same direction that electrons drift along the edge, as determined by the direction of the magnetic field.


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