Broken quantum symmetry and confinement phases in planar physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-07 v1 Condensed Matter
Abstract
Many two-dimensional physical systems have symmetries which are mathematically described by quantum groups (quasi-triangular Hopf algebras). In this letter we introduce the concept of a spontaneously broken Hopf symmetry and show that it provides an effective tool for analysing a wide variety of phases exhibiting many distinct confinement phenomena.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0205117,
title = {Broken quantum symmetry and confinement phases in planar physics},
author = {F. A. Bais and B. J. Schroers and J. K. Slingerland},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0205117},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, revtex