A joint research group succeeded in observing
the topological phase transition in which a material changes to the topological electronic phase by using soft X-rays, light suitable for determining the topology of materials by their substances rather than by their appearance.
These are electronic structures of Ce monopnictides which observed by soft X-ray angle - resolved photoemission spectroscopy, and
its topological phase transition.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 with one half to David J. Thouless of University of Washington, Seattle, WA, and the other half to F. Duncan M. Haldane of Princeton University, NJ, and J. Michael Kosterlitz of Brown University, Providence, RI, «for theoretical discoveries of
topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.»
Not exact matches
This paper discussed the possible formation of cosmic strings and other
topological defects at
phase transitions in the very early history of the universe.