JOURNAL ARTICLE

Topological phases and quasiparticle braiding

Nicholas Read

Year: 2012 Journal:   Physics Today Vol: 65 (7)Pages: 38-43   Publisher: AIP Publishing

Abstract

Phases of matter distinguished by topological properties sometimes possess quasiparticles with bizarre statistics. Those that do may see applications in quantum information processing.

Keywords:
Quasiparticle Physics Topology (electrical circuits) Theoretical physics Condensed matter physics Mathematics Combinatorics Superconductivity

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Citation History

Topics

Topological Materials and Phenomena
Physical Sciences →  Physics and Astronomy →  Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Quantum many-body systems
Physical Sciences →  Physics and Astronomy →  Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Quantum and electron transport phenomena
Physical Sciences →  Physics and Astronomy →  Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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