Connectivity of edge and surface states in topological insulators
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Yongjin Jiang,1,2 Feng Lu,1 Feng Zhai,1 Tony Low,3 and Jiangping Hu2 1Center for Statistical and Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, and Department of Physics, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, People’s Republic of China 2Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA 3IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598, USA (Received 6 September 2011; published 18 November 2011)
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