Our main result is that the topologically nontrivial vortices have a fractional electric charge. If the vortex has a fixed axis of rotation $\hat n$ (in the kagome lattice case above the axis is pinned to the magnetization direction), the value of the fractional charge is given by..
Our main result is that the topologically nontrivial vortices have a fractional electric charge. If the vortex has a fixed axis of rotation $\hat n$ (in the kagome lattice case above the axis is pinned to the magnetization direction), the value of the fractional charge is given by..[[EL1]]
$$X^2$$