We construct model wave functions for a family of single-quasielectron states supported by the $\nu =1/3$ fractional quantum Hall fluid. The charge $e^{*}=e/3$ quasielectron state is identified as a composite of a charge-$2e^{*}$ quasiparticle and a $-e^{*}$ quasihole, orbiting around their common center of charge with relative angular momentum $n\hslash >0$, and corresponds precisely to the “composite fermion” construction based on a filled $n=0$ Landau level plus an extra particle in level $n>0$. An effective three-body model (one $2e^{*}$ quasiparticle and two $-e^{*}$ quasiholes) is introduced to capture the essential physics of the neutral bulk excitations.

• Received 29 August 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.026804