Past Member
Xiao-Gang Wen
IBM Einstein Fellow
Affiliation
Natural Sciences
Field of Study
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Website
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Xiao-Gang Wen is interested in gapped quantum many-body systems. He introduced topological order (1989) and SPT order (2009) to characterize them. Their boundaries have gravitational anomalies and/or symmetry anomalies. Their low-energy sector can have emergent (anomalous, higher, non-invertible) symmetries. Now, he is starting to work on gapless systems.
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Natural Sciences
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Member
School of Natural Sciences
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Degrees
Princeton University
Ph.D.
1987
Univ. of Sci. and Tech. of China
B.S.
1982
Honors
2018
Dirac Medal of the ICTP
2017
Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize
2002
Fellow of American Physical Society
1992
A.P. Sloan Foundation fellow
