PIRSA:12080002

Topological Order in Spin Systems

Fendley, P. (2012). Topological Order in Spin Systems. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/12080002

Fendley, Paul. Topological Order in Spin Systems. Perimeter Institute, Aug. 10, 2012, https://pirsa.org/12080002 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:12080002,
            doi = {10.48660/12080002},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/12080002},
            author = {Fendley, Paul},
            keywords = {Particle Physics},
            language = {en},
            title = {Topological Order in Spin Systems},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2012},
            month = {aug},
            note = {PIRSA:12080002 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Paul Fendley University of Oxford

Talk numberPIRSA:12080002
DOI10.48660/12080002
Collection
Talk Type Scientific Series
Subject

Abstract

Much effort has been devoted to the study of systems with topological order, motivated by practical issues as well as more field theoretical and mathematical concerns. This talk will give an overview of some of the field, describing abelian systems relevant to the search for spin liquids, and non-abelian systems relevant to topological quantum computation. I will focus in particular on problems not reducible to free-fermion ones; examples include the RVB state of electrons as well as models of quantum loops and nets.