Topological field theory and the discovery of topological materials

Published 31 January 2012 2012 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
, , Citation Shoucheng Zhang 2012 Phys. Scr. 2012 014022 DOI 10.1088/0031-8949/2012/T146/014022

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Abstract

Topological field theory (TFT) describes universal low-energy properties of topological states of quantum matter. It also predicts exact quantization effects that can be experimentally measured. Recently, TFT has directly led to the theoretical prediction of topological materials. In this paper, I shall briefly review these recent developments.

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