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Geometric Classification of Topological Quantum Phases

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-30 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Quantum Physics

Abstract

On the basis of the principle that topological quantum phases arise from the scattering around space-time defects in higher dimensional unification, a geometric model is presented that associates with each quantum phase an element of a transformation group.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9708106,
  title  = {Geometric Classification of Topological Quantum Phases},
  author = {C. Kohler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9708106},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages, Latex

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