Topology in condensed matter
M. I. Monastyrsky (ed.)
- XIV, 254 S. Ill., graph. Darst. 24 cm
- Springer series in solid-state sciences 150 .
- Springer series in solid-state sciences 150 .
Based on the talks and lectures given by the participants of the 3-month seminar program "Topology in condensed matter", which was held in the MPIPKS Dresden, 8 May - 31 July 2002 Literaturangaben
This book reports new results in condensed matter physics for which topological methods and ideas are important. It considers, on the one hand, recently discovered systems such as carbon nanocrystals and, on the other hand, new topological methods used to describe more traditional systems such as the Fermi surfaces of normal metals, liquid crystals and quasicrystals. The authors of the book are renowned specialists in their fields and present the results of ongoing research, some of it obtained only very recently and not yet published in monograph form. TOC:Introduction.- Phason Dynamics in Aperiodic Crystals.- Defects, Surface Anchoring and Three-Dimensional Director Fields in the Lamellar Structure of Cholesteric Liquid Crystals.- Topology, Quasiperiodic Functions and the Transport Phenomena.- Topology in the Electron Theory of Metals.- Topological Defects in Carbon Nanocrystals.- Physics from Topology and Structures.- Two and Three Qubits Geometry and Hopf Fibrations.- Hamiltonian Monodromy as Lattice Defect.- Topology of Glasses