Topological \(BF\) field theory description of topological insulators

DOI10.1016/j.aop.2010.12.011zbMath1219.81222arXiv1011.3485OpenAlexW3102381579MaRDI QIDQ549165

Joel E. Moore, Gil Young Cho

Publication date: 7 July 2011

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1011.3485

zbMATH Keywords

Chern-Simons theoryquantum Hall effectbosonizationtopological phasetopological insulator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants (58J28)

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