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ArticleScience advances2024

Chiral edge waves in a dance-based human topological insulator.

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 and 3 more

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  1. Protected Chaos in a Topological Lattice.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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Matthew DuDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7342-4686
Juan B Pérez-SánchezDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1267-3627
Jorge A Campos-Gonzalez-AnguloDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1156-3012
Arghadip KonerDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Federico MelliniDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Sindhana Pannir-SivajothiDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6987-8183
Yong Rui PohDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Kai SchwennickeDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-4506-8060
Kunyang SunDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6472-1665
Stephan van den WildenbergDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Dylan KarzenOrange Glen High School, Escondido, CA 92027, USA.
Alec BarronCenter For Research On Educational Equity, Assessment and Teaching Excellence, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2658-4564
Joel Yuen-ZhouDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8701-8793

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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 dance.

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