Ground states of the two-dimensional electron system at half-filling under hydrostatic pressure
Auteur :
Schreiber, Katherine A.
Éditeur :
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN :
9783030263249
Date de publication :
20 sept. 2020
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
This thesis presents the discovery of a surprising phase transition between a topological and a broken symmetry phase. Phase transitions between broken symmetry phases involve a change in symmetry and those between topological phases require a change in topological order;