Topological Insulators and Topological Superconductors

Topological Insulators and Topological Superconductors
ISBN-10
069115175X
ISBN-13
9780691151755
Category
Science
Pages
259
Language
English
Published
2013-04-07
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Authors
B. Andrei Bernevig, Taylor L. Hughes

Description

"The book begins with simple concepts such as Berry phases, Dirac fermions, Hall conductance and its link to topology, and the Hofstadter problem of lattice electrons in a magnetic field. It moves on to explain topological phases of matter such as Chern insulators, two- and three-dimensional topological insulators, and Majorana p-wave wires. Additionally, the book covers zero modes on vortices in topological superconductors, time-reversal topological superconductors, and topological responses/field theory and topological indices. The book also analyzes recent topics in condensed matter theory and concludes by surveying active subfields of research such as insulators with point-group symmetries and the stability of topological semimetals. Problems at the end of each chapter offer opportunities to test knowledge..."--

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