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- Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
- Quick and easy introduction to topological phases, disorder physics and the Kondo effect
- Detailed discussion and derivation of tenfold way of free fermion symmetry classification with explicit examples
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Impurities, disorder or amorphous systems – ill-condensed matter – are mostly considered inconveniences in the study of materials, which is otherwise heavily based on idealized perfect crystals. The Kondo effect and the scaling theory of localization are among the fundamental and early discoveries which revealed the novelty hidden in impure or disordered systems. Recent advances in condensed matter physics have emphasized the role of topology, spin-orbit coupling, and certain discrete symmetries such as time reversal in many physical phenomena. These have irreversibly transformed the essential ideas and purview of condensed matter physics, both in theoretical and experimental directions. However, many of these recent developments and their implications are limited to, or by, ideas that pertain to clean systems. This thesis deals with various aspects of these new developments, but in the case of unclean systems. The author introduces new ideas such as amorphous topological insulators, fractalized metals and fractionalized spins.
Authors and Affiliations
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International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India
Adhip Agarwala
About the author
A physics major from Hindu College, University of Delhi and a Masters in Physics from Indian Institute of Technology (Delhi), Adhip Agarwala pursued his PhD from Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (India). Currently, he is a postdoctoral researcher based at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore. He works in the field of theoretical quantum condensed matter with focus on topological systems, strongly correlated materials and driven systems.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Excursions in Ill-Condensed Quantum Matter
Book Subtitle: From Amorphous Topological Insulators to Fractional Spins
Authors: Adhip Agarwala
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21511-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21510-1Published: 25 June 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21513-2Published: 15 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-21511-8Published: 13 June 2019
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 163
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 49 illustrations in colour
Topics: Solid State Physics, Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics, Magnetism, Magnetic Materials