Topological phase transitions driven by non-Abelian gauge potentials in optical square lattices
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M. Burrello, I. C. Fulga, E. Alba, L. Lepori, 4 and A. Trombettoni 6 Instituut-Lorentz, Universiteit Leiden, P.O. Box 9506, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands Instituto de F́ısica Fundamental, IFF-CSIC, Calle Serrano 113b, 28006 Madrid, Spain IPCMS (UMR 7504) and ISIS (UMR 7006), Université de Strasbourg and CNRS, Strasbourg, France Departamento de F́ısica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain CNR-IOM DEMOCRITOS Simulation Center, Via Bonomea 265, I-34136 Trieste, Italy SISSA and INFN, Sezione di Trieste, via Bonomea 265, I-34136 Trieste, Italy
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