Edge-following topological states

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2020.103796zbMATH Open1454.46065arXiv1908.09559OpenAlexW2969384775MaRDI QIDQ2197174FDOQ2197174

Authors: Guo Chuan Thiang 

Publication date: 28 August 2020

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that Chern insulators have topologically protected edge states which not only propagate unidirectionally along a straight line boundary, but also swerve around arbitrary-angled corners and geometric imperfections of the material boundary. This is a physical manifestation of the index theory of certain semigroup operator algebras.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.09559

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zbMATH Keywords

topological insulatorsToeplitz algebrasbulk-edge correspondence$K$-theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Semigroup rings, multiplicative semigroups of rings (20M25) (K)-theory and operator algebras (including cyclic theory) (46L80) Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70) Index theory (19K56) Algebras of specific types of operators (Toeplitz, integral, pseudodifferential, etc.) (47L80) Applications of selfadjoint operator algebras to physics (46L60) General theory of infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems, Hamiltonian and Lagrangian structures, symmetries, conservation laws (37K06)

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