Lars Onsager Prize: Topological Defects in Condensed Matter Phases

COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

Abstract

Circulation quantization in superfluid 4He and superconductors. General principles of classification of topologically stable defects in ordered media. Superfluid phases of 3He. Topology at different scales of length. Superfluids under rotation. Biaxial nematics. Nonabelian disclinations. Half-quantum vortices: 3He-A, Sr2RuO4, exciton-polariton condensates, FFLO, Super Solid.

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Authors

  • Vladimir Mineev

    Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique