Non-commutative tools for topological insulators

DOI10.1088/1367-2630/12/6/065003MaRDI QIDQ4594887zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Emil Prodan

Publication date 27 November 2017

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

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

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

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)

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.

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