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Aspects of topology of condensates and knotted solitons in condensed matter systems [PDF]

, 1992
The knotted solitons introduced by Faddeev and Niemi is presently a subject of great interest in particle and mathematical physics. In this paper we give a condensed matter interpretation of the recent results of Faddeev and Niemi.Comment: v2: Added a ...
El-Zein M. S., Guynn E. G., Kharnseh A.R., Knaus J., Lekhnitskii S., Lessard L., B., Mallick P.K., McCrum N.G., Sohi M.M., Starnes J., Waas A.   +10 more
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What can gauge-gravity duality teach us about condensed matter physics? [PDF]

, 2012
I discuss the impact of gauge-gravity duality on our understanding of two classes of systems: conformal quantum matter and compressible quantum matter.
Liu H, Sachdev S
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Zoo of quantum-topological phases of matter [PDF]

, 2017
What are topological phases of matter? First, they are phases of matter at zero temperature. Second, they have a non-zero energy gap for the excitations above the ground state. Third, they are disordered liquids that seem have no feature.
Wen, Xiao-Gang
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Early Universe Quantum Processes in BEC Collapse Experiments [PDF]

, 2005
We show that in the collapse of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) {For an excellent introduction to BEC theory, see C. Pethick and H. Smith, Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 2002)} certain ...
A. Gammal, A. Griffin, A. H. Guth, A. M. Rey, B. L. Hu, B. L. Hu, C. Barcelo, C. Barcelo, C. Gardiner, C. Pethick, C. Savage, D. Chung, E. A. Calzetta, E. Calzetta, E. Calzetta, E. Donley, E. Donley, F. Cooper, G. Berman, G. Volovik, H. Fujisaki, H. Saito, H. Shi, J. Andersen, J. Bardeen, J. Chin, J. P. E. Peebles, J. Roberts, J. Rogel-Salazar, J. Schwinger, L. Garay, L. Grischuk, L. Kofman, L. Kofman, L. Parker, L. Santos, M. Girardeau, M. Mackie, M. Trippenbach, N. Claussen, N. Claussen, N. D. Birrell, O. Penrose, P. Fedichev, P. Hohenberg, R. Duine, R. Schützhold, S. A. Ramsey, S. Cornish, S. Gardiner, S. K. Adhikari, S. Kokkelmans, S. Métens, S. W. Hawking, S. W. Hawking, T. Jacobson, T. Jacobson, T. Jacobson, U. R. Fischer, V. A. Yurovsky, V. A. Yurovsky, W. Bao, W. G. Unruh, W. G. Unruh, W. Zurek, Y. Castin, Y. Castin, Y. Shtanov, Yu. Kagan   +68 more
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Holographic fractional topological insulators in 2+1 and 1+1 dimensions

, 2000
We give field theory descriptions of the time-reversal invariant quantum spin Hall insulator in 2+1 dimensions and the particle-hole symmetric insulator in 1+1 dimensions in terms of massive Dirac fermions.
Karch, Andreas, Maciejko, Joseph, Takayanagi, Tadashi   +2 more
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Compressible quantum phases from conformal field theories in 2+1 dimensions [PDF]

, 2012
Conformal field theories (CFTs) with a globally conserved U(1) charge Q can be deformed into compressible phases by modifying their Hamiltonian, H, by a chemical potential H -> H - \mu Q.
A. L. Fetter, E. Witten, J. M. Maldacena, Subir Sachdev   +3 more
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Testing cosmological defect formation in the laboratory

, 2001
Topological defects such as cosmic strings may have been formed at early-universe phase transitions. Direct tests of this idea are impossible, but the mechanism can be elucidated by studying analogous processes in low-temperature condensed-matter systems.
Bowick, Bäuerle, Carmi, Carmi, Chuang, Dodd, Hendry, Hendry, Hindmarsh, Karra, Kavoussanaki, Kibble, Kibble, Laguna, Rivers, Rivers, Ruutu, Shellard, T.W.B Kibble, Yates, Zurek, Zurek, Zurek   +22 more
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Cold quantum gases: coherent quantum phenomena from Bose-Einstein condensation to BCS pairing of fermions [PDF]

, 2004
Studies of trapped quantum gases of bosons and of fermions have opened up a new range of many-body problems, having a strong overlap with nuclear and neutron star physics.
Abo-Shaeer, Abuki, Alpar, Anderson, Andrews, Arnold, Arnold, Arnold, Bartenstein, Baym, Baym, Baym, Baym, Baym, Baym, Baym, Baym, Bloch, Bourdel, Bradley, Bretin, Brown, Bruun, Carlson, Chen, Chin, Coddington, Coddington, Cooper, Cornish, Cubizolles, Davis, DeMarco, Diener, Eagles, Engels, Fischer, Gasser, Gehm, Gelman, Gordon Baym, Greiner, Grüter, Haljan, Hebel, Heiselberg, Ho, Holland, Holzmann, Holzmann, Itakura, Jackson, Jackson, Jochim, Kaplan, Kasamatsu, Kashurnikov, Kavoulakis, Kavoulakis, Kinast, Kinast, Krawczyk, Kundu, Leggett, Leggett, Lundh, Migdal, Milstein, Nozières, O'Hara, Pandharipande, Regal, Regal, Regnault, Reijnders, Schweikhard, Schäfer, Strecker, Stringari, Viefers, Watanabe, Wilkin, Wilkin, Zwierlein, Zwierlein   +84 more
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The formation of vortex loops (strings) in continuous phase transitions [PDF]

, 2001
The formation of vortex loops (global cosmic strings) in an O(2) linear sigma model in three spatial dimensions is analyzed numerically. For over-damped Langevin dynamics we find that defect production is suppressed by an interaction between correlated ...
A. Bray, A. J. Bray, Alex Travesset, Angelo Cacciuto, D. Boyanovsky, D. Boyanovsky, D. Ibaceta, D. Mermin, G. Karra, I. Chuang, I. Chuang, L. Michel, M. Bowick, M. Bowick, M. E. Dodd, M. E. Dodd, M. Gleiser, Mark J. Bowick, N. D. Antunes, N. D. Antunes, P. C. Hendry, R. H. Brandenberger, R. J. Rivers, S. Chandrasekhar, T. Vachaspati, T. W. B. Kibble, T. W. B. Kibble, V. M. Ruutu, V. M. Ruutu, W. H. Zurek, W. H. Zurek, W. H. Zurek   +31 more
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Non-commutative mechanics, in mathematical & in condensed matter physics [PDF]

, 2006
Non-commutative structures were introduced, independently and around the same time, in mathematical and in condensed matter physics (see Table~1). Souriau's construction applied to the two-parameter central extension of the planar Galilei group leads to ...
Horvathy, P. A.
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