Classification of interacting topological phases
Topological phases are states of matter whose differences show up only in global properties of the wavefunction, such as protected edge modes, with no local order parameter. Once particles interact strongly, the full list of possible phases is not known.
Why it matters
A complete classification tells experimentalists which phases can exist and which signatures identify them.
Review
T. Senthil, Symmetry-protected topological phases of quantum matter, Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, 2015. https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.4015 reference checked
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