Influence of topological constraints and topological excitations: Decomposition formulas for calculating homotopy groups of symmetry-broken phases
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review B
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2469-9950,2469-9969
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.95.134520