ROBERT B. LAUGHLIN

1998 Nobel Laureate in Physics

for discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations.

• Born: 1950
• Place of birth: Visalia, CA, U.S.A.
• Education: Ph.D.'79 in physics from M.I.T. (Cambridge, U.S.A.)
• Residence: California, U.S.A.
• Affiliation: Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, U.S.A.
  • phone: (650) 723-4563
  • FAX: (650) 723-9389
  • email: rbl@large.stanford.edu

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• Prize co-recipient: Horst L. Störmer
• Prize co-recipient: Daniel C. Tsui
• Official award announcement and brief background
• In-depth background information in Adobe PDF format
• Professor Laughlin's Home Page at Stanford University

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• Articles on the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect

• Computer visualization of the fractional hall effect
• CNN coverage of the award
• Prof. Laughlin's home page at Stanford (submitted by Joseph Peskin)
• A brief explanation of the Quantum Fractional Hall Effect
• Stanford University press release
• Lecture notes on the quantum Hall effects
• links to the Prize-winning research papers (submitted by David Ehrenstein)
• The 1998 Franklin Institute Award for Robert B. Laughlin (submitted by Nikolai N. Kostyukovich)
• Robert B. Laughlin – Autobiography (submitted by Chinnappan Baskar)
• Robert B. Laughlin (submitted by Davis)
• Stanford University Department of Physics - Faculty: Robert (submitted by Jackson)
• Nobel Prize in Physics 1998 (submitted by Melisa)
• discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations. (submitted by Valka)
• Robert Laughlin Biography from Encyclopedia Britannica (submitted by www.britannica.com)

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