Broken symmetries in topological condensed matter systems have implications for the spectrum of Fermionic excitations confined on surfaces or topological defects. The Fermionic spectrum of confined (quasi-2D)3He-A consists of branches of chiral edge states. The negative energy states are related to the ground-state angular momentum,
We report results of large-scale ground-state density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) calculations on t-
- Award ID(s):
- 2110041
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10307360
- Publisher / Repository:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Volume:
- 118
- Issue:
- 44
- ISSN:
- 0027-8424
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- Article No. e2109978118
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- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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