Protected Edge Modes without Symmetry

Physical Review X

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Levin, Michael ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Condensed matter physics; Strongly correlated materials; Topological insulators

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL FIELD THEORIES; ELECTRON SYSTEMS; FRACTIONAL STATISTICS; HALL CONDUCTANCE; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STRONGLY CORRELATED MATERIALS; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON SYSTEM;

CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS; PHYSICS;

STATISTICS;

EID: 84883159739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.3.021009     Document Type: Article

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