Tying it all together

Paul M. Goldbart; Randall D. Kamien

doi:10.1063/PT.3.4139

Tying it all together

Paul M. Goldbart
, Randall D. Kamien

Physics and Astronomy

University of Pennsylvania

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Abstract

Georges Friedel had his nematic threads,1 Paul Dirac had his monopole,2 and Alexei Abrikosov had his flux line.3 Very different systems and very different scientists, but deep down they all captured the same idea: Integers cannot vary continuously. The number of times a closed curve winds around a point under smooth evolution in time and space-both position and momentum space must be invariant.

Original language	English
Pages	46-47
Number of pages	2
Volume	72
No	2
Specialist publication	Physics Today
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4139
State	Published - Feb 1 2019

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