Topological insulators from the perspective of non-commutative geometry and index theory

DOI10.1365/S13291-016-0142-5zbMATH Open1361.82037arXiv1607.04013OpenAlexW2490705607MaRDI QIDQ343405FDOQ343405

Authors: Hermann Schulz-Baldes 

Publication date: 28 November 2016

Published in: Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung (DMV) (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Topological insulators are solid state systems of independent electrons for which the Fermi level lies in a mobility gap, but the Fermi projection is nevertheless topologically non-trivial, namely it cannot be deformed into that of a normal insulator. This non-trivial topology is encoded in adequately defined invariants and implies the existence of surface states that are not susceptible to Anderson localization. This non-technical review reports on recent progress in the understanding of the underlying mathematical structures, with a particular focus on index theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.04013

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zbMATH Keywords

\(K\)-theorynon-commutative geometrybulk-boundary correspondence (BBC)topological solid state systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Riemann-Roch theorems, Chern characters (19L10) Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70) Disordered systems (random Ising models, random Schrödinger operators, etc.) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B44) Statistical mechanics of solids (82D20) Index theory (19K56) Kasparov theory ((KK)-theory) (19K35) Noncommutative geometry in quantum theory (81R60)

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