String-net condensation and topological phases in quantum spin systems

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2006.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levin, Michael Aaron, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Other Authors: Xiao-Gang Wen.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2008
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Online Access:http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/36810
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36810