Topology in superposition

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K. Birgitta Whaley
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[1] University of California,K. Birgitta Whaley is in the Department of Chemistry
[2] Berkeley,undefined
[3] 406 Latimer Hall,undefined
[4] Berkeley,undefined
[5] California 94720-1460,undefined
[6] USA,undefined
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10.1038/nphys2186
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Topological defects are encountered in fields ranging from condensed-matter physics to cosmology. These broken-symmetry objects are intrinsically local, but theoretical work now suggests that non-local quantum superpositions of such local defects might arise in a quantum phase transition.
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