Clifford modules and symmetries of topological insulators

International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Abramovici, Gilles ^a   Kalugin, Pavel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Clifford modules; Topological insulators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860123957     PISSN: 02198878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219887812500235     Document Type: Article

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