Momentum space topological invariants for the 4D relativistic vacua with mass gap

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 860, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 295-309

  Zubkov, M A ^a   Volovik, G E ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c LANDAU INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Fermionic vacua; Lattice gauge theory; Momentum space topological invariants; Semimentals; Topological insulators; Wilson fermions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858440352     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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