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Topological Charge. What is it Physically?
I have seen the term topological charge defined in an abstract mathematical way as a essentially a labeling scheme for particles which follows certain rules. However I am left guessing when trying to ...
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Why is fractional statistics and non-Abelian common for fractional charges?
Why non integer spins obey Fermi statistics?
Why is fractional statistics and non-Abelian common for fractional charges?
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direct sum of anyons?
In the topological phase of a fractional quantum Hall fluid, the excitations of the ground state (quasiparticles) are anyons, at least conjecturally.
There is then supposed to be a braided fusion ...
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How Non-abelian anyons arise in solid-state systems?
Recently it has been studied non-abelian anyons in some solid-state systems. These states are being studied for the creation and manipulation of qubits in quantum computing.
But, how these ...
