Nobel Lecture: Topological defects and phase transitions

Received 27 June 2017DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.89.040501© 2017 Nobel Foundation, Published by The American Physical Society*The 2016 Nobel Prize for Physics was shared by David J. Thouless, F. Duncan M. Haldane, and John Michael Kosterlitz. These papers are the text of the address given in conjunction with the award.Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)Research AreasTopological defectsTopological phase transitionTopological phases of matterInterdisciplinary PhysicsGeneral Physics