Vortex-Line Condensation in Three Dimensions: A Physical Mechanism for Bosonic Topological Insulators
Bosonic topological insulators (BTIs) in three dimensions are symmetry-protected topological phases protected by time-reversal and boson number conservation symmetries. BTIs in three dimensions were first proposed and classified by the group cohomology theory, which suggests two distinct root states...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2015-06-01
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Series: | Physical Review X |
Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.5.021029 |