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PIRSA:17060021

Topological field theories and gapped phases of matter

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Bhardwaj, L. (2017). Topological field theories and gapped phases of matter. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/17060021

Lakshya Bhardwaj Harvard University

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Abstract

I will introduce the idea that topological field theories describe the low-energy properties of gapped local quantum systems. This idea has proved fruitful in recent studies of gapped phases of matter.