Topological order and topological entropy in classical systems

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Castelnovo, Claudio ^a   Chamon, Claudio ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

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EID: 36049024363     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.174416     Document Type: Article

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