Essays about: "ribbon operators"

Found 2 essays containing the words ribbon operators.

  1. 1. Kitaev models for topologically ordered phases of matter

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för ingenjörsvetenskap och fysik

    Author : Eilind Karlsson; [2017]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Condensed matter physics is the study of the macroscopic and microscopic properties of condensed phases of matter. For quite some time, Landau’s symmetry breaking theory was believed to describe and explain the nature of any phase transition. READ MORE

  3. 2. A lattice model for topological phases

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för ingenjörsvetenskap och fysik

    Author : Jonatan Andersson; [2013]
    Keywords : topological order; topological phases; spin lattice model; anyons; quasiparticles; ribbon operators; degenerate ground state; quantum phases;

    Abstract : Matter exists in many different phases, for example in solid state or in liquid phase. There are also phases in which the ordering of atoms is the same, but which differ in some other respect, for example ferromagnetic and paramagnetic states. READ MORE