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Symmetry-protected topological states in systems where electronic interactions can be safely ignored have been theoretically predicted and experimentally confirmed. Theorists now investigate 3D systems of interacting bosons and find a new plethora of topological surface states with symmetry properties that are impossible to realize in a purely 2D electronic system.
Vishwanath et al. (Thu,) studied this question.