High-energy physics in a new guise
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The esoteric concept of “axions” was born thirty years ago as an attempt to resolve a puzzle in the description of the strong interaction between quarks. It appears that the same physics—though in a much different context—applies to an unusual class of insulators.
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Its simplest topological surface spectrum would make it possible to observe and study many exotic quantum phenomena predicted in topological field theories, such as Majorana fermions, magnetic monopole image or topological exciton condensates, by transport probes.
“Its simplest topological surface spectrum would make it possible to observe and study many exotic quantum phenomena predicted in topological field theories, such as the Majorana fermions 14 , magnetic monopole image 9,10 or topological exciton condensates 15 , by transport probes.”
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Observation of a large-gap topological-insulator class with a single Dirac cone on the surface
Xia, Y., Qian, D., Hsieh, D., Wray, L., Pal, A., Lin, H., Bansil, A., Grauer, D., Hor, Y. S., Cava, R. J., et al. (2009) · Nature Physics · doi:10.1038/nphys1274 · Cited by 3,765 · see citing works
“The strong-topological-insulator phase contains surface states (SSs) with novel electromagnetic properties [7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15].”
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- Authors
- Franz, M.
- Affiliations
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Franz, Marcel
- ORCID
- Franz, Marcel
- Venue
- Physics
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 2008-11-24
- Volume
- 1
- ISSN
- 1943-2879 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1978603767
- Cited by
- 14
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 1.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Physics (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Topological Materials and Phenomena
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Condensed Matter Physics › Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
- Keywords
- axions, axion insulator, topological insulators, strong interaction, quark interactions, particle physics, topological phases
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