String-net condensation: A physical mechanism for topological phases

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Levin, Michael A ^a   Wen, Xiao Gang ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; BOSON; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FERMION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARITY; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMERIZATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 15744363524     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.045110     Document Type: Article

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