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cond-mat.str-el2004
Photons and electrons as emergent phenomena
Michael Levin, Xiao-Gang Wen
Recent advances in condensed matter theory have revealed that new and exotic phases of matter can exist in spin models (or more precisely, local bosonic models) via a simple physic…
cond-mat.str-el2004
Deconfined quantum criticality and Neel order via dimer disorder
Michael Levin, T. Senthil
Recent results on the nature of the quantum critical point between Neel and valence bond solid(VBS) ordered phases of two dimensional quantum magnets are examined by an attack from…
cond-mat.str-el2004
String-net condensation: A physical mechanism for topological phases
Michael A. Levin, Xiao-Gang Wen
We show that quantum systems of extended objects naturally give rise to a large class of exotic phases - namely topological phases. These phases occur when the extended objects, ca…