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Topological Order: From Long-Range Entangled Quantum Matter to a Unified Origin of Light and Electrons

Figure 1

(a) Particles in liquids do not have fixed relative positions. They fluctuate freely and have a random but uniform distribution. (b) Particles in solids form a fixed regular lattice.
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(a)
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(b)