Effective field theory of a topological insulator and the Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2011.11.013zbMATH Open1243.81068arXiv1109.4808OpenAlexW3102606787MaRDI QIDQ412157FDOQ412157

Authors: Ömer F. Dayi, Mahmut Elbistan, Elif Yunt 

Publication date: 4 May 2012

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

Abstract: Employing the Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation it is demonstrated straightforwardly that the first and second Chern numbers are equal to the coefficients of the 2+1 and 4+1 dimensional Chern-Simons actions which are generated by the massive Dirac fermions coupled to the Abelian gauge fields. A topological insulator model in 2+1 dimensions is discussed and by means of a dimensional reduction approach the 1+1 dimensional descendant of the 2+1 dimensional Chern-Simons theory is presented. Field strength of the Berry gauge field corresponding to the 4+1 dimensional Dirac theory is explicitly derived through the Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation. Acquainted with it the second Chern numbers are calculated for specific choices of the integration domain. A method is proposed to obtain 3+1 and 2+1 dimensional descendants of the effective field theory of the 4+1 dimensional time reversal invariant topological insulator theory. Inspired by the spin Hall effect in graphene, a hypothetical model of the time reversal invariant spin Hall insulator in 3+1 dimensions is proposed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.4808

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zbMATH Keywords

topological insulatorFoldy-Wouthuysen transformationBerry gauge fieldChern-Simons action

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Riemann-Roch theorems, Chern characters (19L10) Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants (58J28) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Model quantum field theories (81T10)

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