Viewpoint: duality for fermionic vortices

Abstract

This is a version (less professional editing, more details and jokes) of an APS Physics Viewpoint about three recent papers extending charge-vortex duality to fermionic vortices.

arXiv comment7 pages, 1 figure. Fancier version at http://physics.aps.org/articles/v9/72

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