Non-commutative Chern numbers for generic aperiodic discrete systems

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AAC093zbMATH Open1397.82052OpenAlexW3099375372WikidataQ129914898 ScholiaQ129914898MaRDI QIDQ4581256FDOQ4581256

Authors C. Bourne, Emil Prodan

Publication date 16 August 2018

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.04136

zbMATH Keywords

topological insulatorsindex theoremsaperiodic systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Index theory for dynamical systems, Morse-Conley indices (37B30) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Dynamic lattice systems (kinetic Ising, etc.) and systems on graphs in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C20) Statistical mechanics of solids (82D20) Quasicrystals and aperiodic tilings in discrete geometry (52C23)

Abstract: The search for strong topological phases in generic aperiodic materials and meta-materials is now vigorously pursued by the condensed matter physics community. In this work, we first introduce the concept of patterned resonators as a unifying theoretical framework for topological electronic, photonic, phononic etc. (aperiodic) systems. We then discuss, in physical terms, the philosophy behind an operator theoretic analysis used to systematize such systems. A model calculation of the Hall conductance of a 2-dimensional amorphous lattice is given, where we present numerical evidence of its quantization in the mobility gap regime. Motivated by such facts, we then present the main result of our work, which is the extension of the Chern number formulas to Hamiltonians associated to lattices without a canonical labeling of the sites, together with index theorems that assure the quantization and stability of these Chern numbers in the mobility gap regime. Our results cover a broad range of applications, in particular, those involving quasi-crystalline, amorphous as well as synthetic (i.e. algorithmically generated) lattices.

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