Dimensional reduction and scattering formulation for even topological invariants

DOI10.1007/S00220-020-03886-YzbMATH Open1456.81494arXiv1811.11781OpenAlexW3100583684MaRDI QIDQ2223722FDOQ2223722

Authors: Hermann Schulz-Baldes, Daniele Toniolo 

Publication date: 1 February 2021

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Strong invariants of even-dimensional topological insulators of independent Fermions are expressed in terms of an invertible operator on the Hilbert space over the boundary. It is given by the Cayley transform of the boundary restriction of the half-space resolvent. This dimensional reduction is routed in new representation for the $K$-theoretic exponential map. It allows to express the invariants via the reflection matrix at the Fermi energy, for the scattering set-up of a wire coupled to the half-space insulator.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.11781

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Transformers, preservers (linear operators on spaces of linear operators) (47B49) Matrix exponential and similar functions of matrices (15A16) Spectrum, resolvent (47A10) Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70) Statistical mechanics of solids (82D20) Statistical mechanics of crystals (82D25) Dimensional compactification in quantum field theory (81T33) Fermionic systems in quantum theory (81V74)

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