Non-commutative tools for topological insulators

DOI10.1088/1367-2630/12/6/065003zbMATH Open1375.81228arXiv0911.2816OpenAlexW3104699673MaRDI QIDQ4594887FDOQ4594887

Authors: Emil Prodan 

Publication date: 27 November 2017

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

Abstract: This paper reviews several analytic tools for the field of topological insulators, developed with the aid of non-commutative calculus and geometry. The set of tools includes bulk topological invariants defined directly in the thermodynamic limit and in the presence of disorder, whose robustness is shown to have non-trivial physical consequences for the bulk states. The set of tools also includes a general relation between the current of an observable and its edge index, relation that can be used to investigate the robustness of the edge states against disorder. The paper focuses on the motivations behind creating such tools and on how to use them.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0911.2816

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of metals (82D35) Statistical mechanics of semiconductors (82D37) Statistical mechanics of nanostructures and nanoparticles (82D80) Noncommutative geometry methods in quantum field theory (81T75)

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