Z2 classification of quantum spin Hall systems: An approach using time-reversal invariance

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Roy, Rahul ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

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EID: 67649395962     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.195321     Document Type: Article

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