nLab gapped Hamiltonian

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In solid state physics a material is said to have a gapped Hamiltonian if in the thermodynamic limit of infinite volume it Hamiltonian has a mass gap.

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General

See also

K-Theory classification of topological phases of matter

topological phases of matter via K-theory – references

Classification of condensed matter with gapped Hamiltonians (topological insulators, topological phases of matter) by twisted equivariant topological K-theory:

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