In which field did Robert B. Laughlin win the 1998 Nobel Prize?
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The Nobel Prize in Physics in 1998 was awarded to Robert B. Laughlin, Horst L. Störmer, and Daniel C. Tsui for their discovery and explanation of the fractional quantum Hall effect. This effect refers to the occurrence of electrical conductance in two-dimensional electron systems at certain fractional values of the von Klitzing constant, which is a fundamental unit of electrical conductance.
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