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Topological entanglements are abundant, and often detrimental, in polymeric systems in biology and materials science. Here we theoretically investigate the topological simplification of knots by diffusing slip-links (SLs), which may…

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We study the quantum phase transitions (QPTs) in the Kitaev spin model on a triangle-honeycomb lattice. In addition to the ordinary topological QPTs between Abelian and non-Abelian phases, we find new QPTs which can occur between two phases…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-19 Xiao-Feng Shi , Yan Chen , J. Q. You

Spin qubits have emerged as a leading platform for quantum information processing due to their long coherence times, small footprint, and compatibility with the existing semiconductor industry. We first provide an introduction to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-16 Z. M. McIntyre , Abhikbrata Sarkar , Daniel Loss

We illustrate schematically a possible traversing along the path of trefoil-type and $8_{18}$ knots during a specific time period by considering a quantum-mechanic system which satisfies a specific kind of phase dynamics of quantum…

General Physics · Physics 2009-04-09 Zotin K. -H. Chu

We give a leisurely, albeit woefully incomplete, overview of quantum field theory, its relevance to condensed matter systems, and spin systems, which proceeds via a series of illustrative examples. The goal is to provide readers from the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-01-24 Ingmar Saberi

Recent work suggests that topological features of certain quantum gravity theories can be interpreted as particles, matching the known fermions and bosons of the first generation in the Standard Model. This is achieved by identifying…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2010-01-15 Sundance Bilson-Thompson , Jonathan Hackett , Louis H. Kauffman

The topological analysis of chaos based on a knot-theoretic characterization of unstable periodic orbits has proved a powerful method, however knot theory can only be applied to three-dimensional systems. Still, the core principles upon…

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Discrete quantum walks are dynamical protocols for controlling a single quantum particle. Despite of its simplicity, quantum walks display rich topological phenomena and provide one of the simplest systems to study and understand…

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Topological photonics provides a new paradigm in studying cavity quantum electrodynamics with robustness to disorder. In this work, we demonstrate the coupling between single quantum dots and the second-order topological corner state. Based…

We study RNA foldings and investigate their topology using a combination of knot theory and embedded rigid vertex graphs. Knot theory has been helpful in modeling biomolecules, but classical knots place emphasis on a biomolecule's…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-07-28 Jose Ceniceros , Mohamed Elhamdadi , Josef Komissar , Hitakshi Lahrani

In the past decade, topological data analysis (TDA) has emerged as a powerful approach in data science. The main technique in TDA is persistent homology, which tracks topological invariants over the filtration of point cloud data using…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-11-23 Li Shen , Hongsong Feng , Fengling Li , Fengchun Lei , Jie Wu , Guo-Wei Wei

Quantum entanglement can be an effective diagnostic tool for probing topological phases protected by global symmetries. Recently, the notion of nontrivial topology in critical systems has been proposed and is attracting growing attention.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-08-19 Wen-Hao Zhong , Hai-Qing Lin , Xue-Jia Yu

Topological phases support edge states that can be robust to material deformations and other perturbations. While well-studied in quantum systems, topological phases have also been observed in stochastic and biochemical systems, yet it…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-04-06 Ziyin Xiong , Aleksandra Nelson , Evelyn Tang

We study the coupling between a singlet-triplet qubit realized in a double quantum dot to a topological qubit realized by spatially well-separated Majorana bound states. We demonstrate that the singlet-triplet qubit can be leveraged for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-24 Marko J. Rančić , Silas Hoffman , Constantin Schrade , Jelena Klinovaja , Daniel Loss

Topological properties of quantum systems are one of the most intriguing emerging phenomena in condensed matter physics. A crucial property of topological systems is the symmetry-protected robustness towards local noise. Experiments have…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-05 Guliuxin Jin , Eliska Greplova

Knotted proteins embed a physical (i.e., open) knot within their native structures. For decades, significant effort has been devoted to elucidating the functional role of knots in proteins, yet no consensus has been reached. Here, using…

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In the present Colloquium, we focus on the properties of 1-D magnetic systems on solid surfaces. From the emulation of 1-D quantum phases to the potential realization of Majorana edge states, spin chains are unique systems to study. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-10 Deung-Jang Choi , Nicolas Lorente , Jens Wiebe , Kirsten von Bergmann , Alexander F. Otte , Andreas J. Heinrich

The altenating knots, links and twists projected on the S_2 sphere are identified with the phase Space of a Hamiltonian dynamic system of one degree of freedom. The saddles of the system correspond to the crossing points, the edges, to the…

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In the long-standing quest to reconcile gravity with quantum mechanics, profound connections have been unveiled between concepts traditionally pertaining to quantum information theory, such as entanglement, and constitutive features of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-06-28 Eugenia Colafranceschi , Gerardo Adesso

We propose a method to coherently transfer quantum information, and to create entanglement, between topological qubits and conventional spin qubits. Our suggestion uses gated control to transfer an electron (spin qubit) between a quantum…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-01-10 Martin Leijnse , Karsten Flensberg