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This paper is a broad review of the subject "topology in condensed matter physics," including the role played by anomalies and their cancellation, anyons (quasi-particles with braid statistics), dimensional reduction, etc. It describes many applications of the general theory to concrete systems, such as 2D electron gases exhibiting the quantum Hall effect, time-reversal invariant topological insulators in two and three diemnsions, etc.
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The importance of the subjects treated in this paper is self-evident. The paper is quite comprehensive and carefully written. It is expected to be of interest to a broad readership of physicists.
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This paper summarizes my work on "topology in condensed matter physics" carried out between the late eighties and the end of the 20th century.
Juerg Froehlich
ETH Zurich
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This page is a summary of: Fractional statistics, gauge invariance and anomalies in condensed matter physics, January 2024, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-90800-9.00257-2.
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