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arXiv:1612.00846 · Physical Review X

Gauging Spatial Symmetries and the Classification of Topological Crystalline Phases

Ryan Thorngren, Dominic V. Else

Published Mar 13, 2018• 225 citations
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Abstract

Crystalline topological phases are phases of matter described by the interaction between quantum entanglement within a solid and the crystal symmetries that are present. A new analysis offers, for the first time, a systematic theoretical framework for describing these phases.
DOI
10.1103/physrevx.8.011040

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