The emergence of gauge invariance: the stay-at-home gauge versus local-global duality

DOI10.1016/j.aop.2011.11.006zbMath1244.82087arXiv1108.2791OpenAlexW2154315433MaRDI QIDQ413163

Aron J. Beekman, Jan Zaanen

Publication date: 4 May 2012

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.2791

zbMATH Keywords

dualitygauge invariancetopological defectsemergence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Statistical mechanics of superconductors (82D55) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26)

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