Topological Phases of Matter

List of contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Basic concepts of topology and condensed matter; 3. Integer topological phases; 4. Geometry and topology of wavefunctions in crystals; 5. Hydrogen atoms for fractionalisation; 6. Gauge and topological field theories; 7. Topology in gapless matter; 8. Disorder and defects in topological phases; 9. Topological quantum computation via non-Abelian statistics; 10. Topology out of equilibrium; 11. Symmetry, topology, and information; Appendix; References; Index.

About the author

Roderich Moessner is director at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden. His theoretical discoveries include classical and quantum spin liquids, emergent magnetic monopoles, and non-equilibrium spatiotemporal ordering phenomena. He is recipient of the Leibniz Prize and of the Europhysics Prize, Honorary Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford, and member of the Executive Board of the German Physical Society.Joel E. Moore is Chern-Simons Professor of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley and Senior Faculty Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His research interests include topological insulators, semimetals, and semiconductors, along with the application of quantum information concepts to many-body physics. He is a Simons Investigator, a Fellow and former elected Member-at-Large of the American Physical Society, and Chair of the Advisory Board of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics.

Summary

Topological Phases of Matter is one of the most exciting topics in condensed matter physics. This important, graduate level text unites the underlying physical mechanisms behind the unique phenomena in topological matter within a general, theoretical framework.

Product details

• Authors: Roderich Moessner, Roderich (Max-Planck-Institut Fur Physik Moessner, Roderich (Max-Planck-Institut fur Physik komplexer Systeme Moessner, Moessner Roderich, Joel E. Moore, Joel E. (University of California Moore
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781107105539
• ISBN: 978-1-107-10553-9
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics; SCIENCE / Physics / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory, MATHEMATICS / Topology, Topology, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory), Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory), Materials / States of matter, Materials science, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / General