Topological defects are quasiparticles whose topological nature provides some stability against perturbations. Skyrmions, domain walls, dislocations in crystals, vortices in superconductors and ...

Crystallographic Methods, Principles, and Data. Third edition. By Charles S. Barrett and T. B. Massalski. (McGraw-Hill Series in Materials Science and Engineering.) Pp. xvii + 654. (London and New ...