Chiral edge waves in a dance-based human topological insulator
Abstrak
Topological insulators are insulators in the bulk but feature chiral energy propagation along the boundary. This property is topological in nature and therefore robust to disorder. Originally discovered in electronic materials, topologically protected boundary transport has since been observed in many other physical systems. Thus, it is natural to ask whether this phenomenon finds relevance in a broader context. We choreograph a dance in which a group of humans, arranged on a square grid, behave as a topological insulator. The dance features unidirectional flow of movement through dancers on the lattice edge. This effect persists when people are removed from the dance floor. Our work extends the applicability of wave physics to the performance arts.
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (13)
Matthew Du
Juan B. Pérez-Sánchez
Jorge A. Campos-Gonzalez-Angulo
Arghadip Koner
Federico Mellini
Sindhana Pannir-Sivajothi
Yong Rui Poh
Kai Schwennicke
Kunyang Sun
Stephan van den Wildenberg
Dylan Karzen
Alec Barron
Joel Yuen-Zhou
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2023
- Bahasa
- en
- Sumber Database
- arXiv
- Akses
- Open Access ✓