2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/169381These lecture notes aim to provide a self-contained, pedagogical introduction to the physics of local constraints, fractionalisation and topological liquids organised around the Rokhsar-Kivelson quantum dimer model. Topics and phenomena covered include emergent photons, SU(2) invariant spin liquids, valence-bond solids and Cantor deconfinement, along with an elementary introduction to the underlying theoretical models and methods.44 pages, 12 figures. Lecture notes, Trieste 2007Strongly Correlated Electronstext