Topological insulator and theθvacuum in a system without boundaries
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Topological insulator and the theta vacuum in a system without boundaries
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review B
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1098-0121,1550-235X
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.83.125119