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This book explores the fractionalization of particles, a topic of fundamental importance in many-body physics. Using an example-driven approach, with full derivations given wherever possible, it will be of value to graduate students and researchers in physics. Numerous exercises allow readers to reinforce understanding of key topics.
List of contents
Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction and overview; 2. Modeling polyacetylene; 3. Fractionalization in polyacetylene; 4. Sharpness of the fractional charge; 5. From spin-1/2 cluster c chains to Majorana c chains; 6. The Lieb-Schultz-Mattis theorem; 7. Fractionalization in quantum wires; 8. The tenfold way: Gapped phases in any dimensions.
About the author
Christopher Mudry is Head of the Condensed Matter Theory Group at the Paul-Scherrer Institute. He earned his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his research is focused on condensed condensed matter physics.Claudio Chamon is Professor of Physics at Boston University. He earned his Ph.D. in Physics from MIT and his research interests are in condensed matter physics and in quantum and classical computation.
Summary
This book explores the fractionalization of particles, a topic of fundamental importance in many-body physics. Using an example-driven approach, with full derivations given wherever possible, it will be of value to graduate students and researchers in physics. Numerous exercises allow readers to reinforce understanding of key topics.
