Irrational charge from topological order

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 16, 2010, Pages

  Moessner, R ^a   Sondhi, S L ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPARTITE LATTICES; ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; GAUGE FIELDS; ORDERED LATTICE; PERIODIC HAMILTONIAN; QUANTIZED VALUE; QUASIPARTICLES; RESONATING VALENCE BONDS; SPIN ICE; TOPOLOGICAL ORDER;

GAGES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 77957894146     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.166401     Document Type: Article

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