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SUMMARY:Topological insulators revisited: a space group view on classifica
 tion procedures and defect phenomena
DTSTART:20160429T110000
DTSTAMP:20260916T002720Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Robert-Jan SLAGER\nLorentz Institute for Theoretical Physics\n
 Leiden University\, NL\nTopological insulators have been in the forefront 
 of condensed matter for more than a decade\,\nculminating in a very active
  field that is concerned with the search of novel and experimentally viabl
 e\nforms of exciting topological order. In this talk I will revisit the co
 ncept of the topological insulator\nfrom the perspective of the necessaril
 y present space group symmetries and motivate the resulting\nconsequences 
 by analyzing the response to the unique probe of the translational symmetr
 y breaking by\nthe underlying lattice: the dislocation. In addition to giv
 ing rise to many new physical consequences\,\nthat go beyond the standard 
 lore associated with the conventional edge states and elucidate the obtain
 ed\nclassification scheme\, I will show that these results also provide a 
 route towards
LOCATION:CH A3 30
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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