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Journal of Physics: Conference Series, volume 568, issue 5, pages 52029
Witten Effect and Fractional Electric Charge on the Domain Wall between Topological Insulators and Spin Ice Compounds
T. Sasaki
1
,
E Imai
1
,
I. Kanazawa
1
Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 2014-12-08
SJR: 0.180
CiteScore: 1.2
Impact factor: —
ISSN: 17426588, 17426596
General Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
We propose that there might be emergent quasiparticles with fractional electronic charge such dyons on the domain wall between topological insulators and spin ice compounds through the Witten effect and interaction between the Dirac fermions and excited magnetic monopoles.
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