A non-commutative framework for topological insulators

DOI10.1142/S0129055X16500045zbMATH Open1364.81269arXiv1509.07210MaRDI QIDQ2806157FDOQ2806157

Authors: C. Bourne, A. Rennie, A. L. Carey 

Publication date: 13 May 2016

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

Abstract: We study topological insulators, regarded as physical systems giving rise to topological invariants determined by symmetries both linear and anti-linear. Our perspective is that of noncommutative index theory of operator algebras. In particular we formulate the index problems using Kasparov theory, both complex and real. We show that the periodic table of topological insulators and superconductors can be realised as a real or complex index pairing of a Kasparov module capturing internal symmetries of the Hamiltonian with a spectral triple encoding the geometry of the sample's (possibly noncommutative) Brillouin zone.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.07210

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zbMATH Keywords

spectral triple\(KK\)-theoryTopological insulators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(C^*)-modules (46L08) Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70) Statistical mechanics of solids (82D20) Kasparov theory ((KK)-theory) (19K35)

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