Topology in ordered phases: proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on TOP 2005, Sapporo, Japan, 7 – 10 March, 2005

Satoshi Tanda, Toyoki Matsuyama, Migaku Oda, Yasuhiro Asano, Kousuke Yakubo9789812700063, 9812700064

The concept of topology has become commonplace in various scientific fields. The next stage is to bring together the knowledge accumulated in these fields. This volume contains articles on experiments and theories in connection with topology, including wide-ranging fields such as materials science, superconductivity, charge density waves, superfluidity, optics, and field theory. The nearly 60 peer-reviewed papers include contributions by noted authors Michael V Berry and Roman W Jackiw. The book serves as an excellent reference for both researchers and graduate students.

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Table of contents :
CONTENTS……Page 8
Preface……Page 6
TOP 2005 Symposium……Page 14
Group Photo……Page 16
I. Topology as Universal Concept……Page 18
Optical Vorticulture……Page 20
On Universality of Mathematical Structure in Nature: Topology……Page 22
Topology in Physics……Page 33
Isoholonomic Problem and Holonomic Quantum Computation……Page 43
II. Topological Crystals……Page 50
Topological Crystals of NbSe3……Page 52
Superconducting States on a Mobius Strip……Page 61
Structure Analyses of Topological Crystals Using Synchrotron Radiation……Page 69
Transport Measurement for Topological Charge Density Waves……Page 75
Theoretical Study on Little-Parks Oscillation in Nanoscale Superconducting Ring……Page 79
Frustrated CDW States in Topological Crystals……Page 83
Law of Growth in Topological Crystal……Page 88
Synthesis and Electric Properties of NbS3: Possibility of Room Temperature Charge Density Wave Devices……Page 93
How Does a Single Crystal Become a Mobius Strip?……Page 99
Development of X-Ray Analysis Method for Topological Crystals……Page 103
III. Topological Materials……Page 110
Femtosecond-Timescale Structure Dynamics in Complex Materials: The Case of (NbSe4)3I……Page 112
Ultrafast Dynamics of Charge-Density-Wave in Topological Crystals……Page 120
Topology in Morphologies of a Folded Single-Chain Polymer……Page 125
One to Two-Dimensional Conversion in Topological Crystals……Page 131
Topological Change of Fermi Surface in Bismuth under High Pressure……Page 136
Topological Change of 4 4′-Bis[9-Dicarbazolyl]-2 2′-Biphenyl (CBP) by Intermolecular Rearrangement……Page 141
Spin Dynamics in Heisenberg Triangular System V15 Cluster Studied by 1H-NMR……Page 146
STM/STS on NbSe2 Nanotubes……Page 152
Nanofibers of Hydrogen Storage Alloy……Page 158
Synthesis of Stable Icosahedral Quasicrystals in Zn-Sc Based Alloys and Their Magnetic Properties……Page 162
One-Armed Spiral Wave Excited by Ram Pressure in Accretion Disks in Be/X-Ray Binaries……Page 168
IV. Topological Defects and Excitations……Page 174
Topological Excitations in the Ground State of Charge Density Wave Systems……Page 176
Soliton Transport in Nanoscale Charge-Density-Wave Systems……Page 182
Topological Defects in Triplet Superconductors UPT3 Sr2Ru04 etc…….Page 188
Microscopic Structure of Vortices in Type II Superconductors……Page 197
Microscopic Neutron Investigation of the Abrikosov State of High-Temperature Superconductors……Page 205
Energy Dissipation at Nano-Scale Topological Defects of High-Tc Superconductors: Microwave Study……Page 212
Pressure Induced Topological Phase Transition in the Heavy Fermion Compound CeAl2……Page 220
Explanation for the Unusual Orientation of LSCO Square Vortex Lattice in Terms of Nodal Superconductivity……Page 225
Local Electronic States in Bi2Sr2CaCu2Os+o……Page 229
V. Topology in Quantum Phenomena……Page 234
Topological Vortex Formation in a Bose-Einstein Condensate of Alkali-Metal Atoms……Page 236
Quantum Phase Transition of 4He Confined in Nano-Porous Media……Page 244
A New Mean-Field Theory for Bose-Einstein Condensates……Page 252
Spin Current in Topological Cristals……Page 258
Antiferromagnetic Defects in Non-Magnetic Hidden Order of the Heavy-Electron System URu2Si2……Page 264
Magnetic-Field Dependences of Thermodynamic Quantities in the Vortex State of Type-II Superconductors……Page 269
Three-Magnon-Mediated Nuclear Spin Relaxation in Quantum Ferrimagnets of Topological Origin……Page 276
Topological Aspects of Wave Function Statistics at the Anderson Transition……Page 282
Metal-Insulator Transition in 1D Correlated Disorder……Page 288
Superconductivity in URu2Si2 Under High Pressure……Page 294
VI. Topology in Optics……Page 300
Optical Vorticulture……Page 302
The Topology of Vortex Lines in Light Beams……Page 304
Optical Spin Vortex: Topological Objects in Nonlinear Polarization Optics……Page 312
Coherent Dynamics of Collective Motion in the NbSe3 Charge Density Wave State……Page 319
Coherent Collective Excitation of Charge-Density Wave in the Commensurate Phase of the TaS3 Compound……Page 324
Real Time Imaging of Surface Acoustic Waves on Topological Structures……Page 329
Optical Vortex Generation for Characterization of Topological Materials……Page 335
Real Time Imaging Techniques for Surface Waves on Topological Structures……Page 340
Nonlinear Oscillations of the Stokes Parameters in Birefringent Media……Page 344
Phonon Vortex Localized in a Quantum Wire……Page 350
VII. Topology in Quantum Device……Page 356
Quantum Device Applications of Mesoscopic Superconductivity……Page 358
Theory of Current-Driven Domain Wall Dynamics……Page 364
Squid of a Ruthenate Superconductor……Page 372
Path Integral Formalism for Quantum Tunneling of Relativistic Fluxon……Page 378
Experimental Study of Two and Three-Dimensional Superconducting Networks……Page 384
Author Index……Page 390