Colloquium: Photons and electrons as emergent phenomena

Reviews of Modern Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 871-879

  Levin, Michael ^a   Wen , Xiao Gang ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; ELECTRONS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; VACUUM;

ARTIFICIAL PHOTONS; CONDENSED-MATTER SYSTEMS; CONDENSED-MATTER THEORY; EXOTIC PHASES;

PHOTONS;

EID: 27144520544     PISSN: 00346861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.77.871     Document Type: Article

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