Symmetry-protected topological orders in interacting bosonic systems

Science

Volumn 338, Issue 6114, 2012, Pages 1604-1606

  Chen, Xie ^a,b   Gu, Zheng Cheng ^c   Liu, Zheng Xin ^b,d   Wen, Xiao Gang ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SYMMETRY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BOSON; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; FERMION; INSULATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM THEORY; SUPERCONDUCTOR; SYMMETRY PROTECTED TOPOLOGICAL;

EID: 84871441220     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1227224     Document Type: Article

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