Classification of topological insulators and superconductors in three spatial dimensions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Schnyder, Andreas P ^a   Ryu, Shinsei ^a   Furusaki, Akira ^b   Ludwig, Andreas W W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 57249110726     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.195125     Document Type: Article

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